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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be filled in,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">The crooked roads shall become straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">the rough ways smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And all people will see God&#8217;s salvation.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3-5</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">From Adam to Noah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">This is the written account of Adam&#8217;s family line.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.5.1"><span class="content">When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them &#8220;Mankind&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">adam</span></span></span><span class="content"> when they were created.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">ancestor</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 7-26.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Enosh. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Altogether, Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Altogether, Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Altogether, Kenan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Altogether, Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Altogether, Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He named him Noah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:29 </span><span class="fq">Noah </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">comfort</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and said, &#8220;He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has cursed.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.5.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.5.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wickedness in the World</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;My Spirit will not contend with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">My spirit will not remain in</span></span></span><span class="content"> humans forever, for they are mortal</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">corrupt</span></span></span><span class="content">; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Nephilim were on the earth in those days&#8212;and also afterward&#8212;when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created&#8212;and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground&#8212;for I regret that I have made them.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But Noah found favor in the eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Noah and the Flood</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">This is the account of Noah and his family.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.6.9"><span class="content">Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now the earth was corrupt in God&#8217;s sight and was full of violence. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So God said to Noah, &#8220;I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So make yourself an ark of cypress</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:15 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high or about 135 meters long, 23 meters wide and 14 meters high</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> high all around.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark&#8212;you and your sons and your wife and your sons&#8217; wives with you. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.6.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Noah did everything just as God commanded him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 2</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Why do the nations conspire</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">rage</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">and the peoples plot in vain?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth rise up</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">and the rulers band together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against his anointed, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us break their chains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">and throw off their shackles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The One enthroned in heaven laughs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">the Lord scoffs at them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He rebukes them in his anger</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have installed my king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">on Zion, my holy mountain.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will proclaim the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s decree:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;You are my son;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">today I have become your father.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Ask me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">and I will make the nations your inheritance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">the ends of the earth your possession.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You will break them with a rod of iron</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">will rule them with an iron scepter </span><span class="ft">(see Septuagint and Syriac)</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">you will dash them to pieces like pottery.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore, you kings, be wise;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">be warned, you rulers of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Serve the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> with fear</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">and celebrate his rule with trembling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kiss his son, or he will be angry</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">and your way will lead to your destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">for his wrath can flare up in a moment.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.2.12"><span class="content">Blessed are all who take refuge in him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Prepares the Way</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar&#8212;when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8220;A voice of one calling in the wilderness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">&#8216;Prepare the way for the Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">make straight paths for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Every valley shall be filled in,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">every mountain and hill made low.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">The crooked roads shall become straight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">the rough ways smooth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And all people will see God&#8217;s salvation.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">Isaiah 40:3-5</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, &#8220;You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, &#8216;We have Abraham as our father.&#8217; For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;What should we do then?&#8221; the crowd asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">John answered, &#8220;Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Even tax collectors came to be baptized. &#8220;Teacher,&#8221; they asked, &#8220;what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.3.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Don&#8217;t collect any more than you are required to,&#8221; he told them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.3.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then some soldiers asked him, &#8220;And what should we do?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;Don&#8217;t extort money and don&#8217;t accuse people falsely&#8212;be content with your pay.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.3.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">John answered them all, &#8220;I baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Holy Spirit and fire. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother&#8217;s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: &#8220;You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.3.23"><span class="content">the son of Heli, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Levi, the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.3.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.3.25"><span class="content">the son of Naggai, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">the son of Maath,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">the son of Josek, the son of Joda,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.3.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.3.27"><span class="content">the son of Neri, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">the son of Melki,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.3.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.3.29"><span class="content">the son of Levi, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">the son of Simeon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.3.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">the son of Melea, the son of Menna,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.3.31"><span class="content">the son of David, </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">the son of Jesse,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Obed, the son of Boaz,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">the son of Salmon,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:32 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Sala</span></span></span><span class="content"> the son of Nahshon,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.3.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:33 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni</span><span class="ft">; other manuscripts vary widely.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Hezron, the son of Perez,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.3.33"><span class="content">the son of Judah, </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">the son of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.3.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">the son of Serug, the son of Reu,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Peleg, the son of Eber,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.3.35"><span class="content">the son of Shelah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">the son of Cainan,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="LUK.3.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="LUK.3.37"><span class="content">the son of Kenan, </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">the son of Enosh,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of Seth, the son of Adam,</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="LUK.3.38"><span class="content">the son of God.</span></span></div>
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