Luke 3:3-10
Read Luke 3 in full →3And he came into all athe district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; 4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “aThe voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the 1Lord,Make His paths straight.
5‘aEvery ravine will be filled,And every mountain and hill will be 1brought low;The crooked will be straight,And the rough roads smooth.6aAnd all 1flesh will bsee the salvation of God.’”7So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “aYou brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8“Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and ado not begin to say 1to yourselves, ‘bWe have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 9“But indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore, aevery tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10And the crowds were questioning him, saying, “aThen what should we do?”