Now, in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Ituræa and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,
in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, [the] word of God came upon John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching [the] baptism of repentance for [the] remission of sins
as it is written in [the] book of [the] words of Esaias the prophet: Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Every gorge shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked [places] shall become straight [paths], and the rough places smooth ways.
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
He said therefore to the crowds which went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Produce therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
And now also the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
And the crowds asked him, saying, What should we do then?
He answering says to them, He that has two coats let him give to him that has none; and he that has food let him do likewise.
And tax-gatherers came also to be baptized, and they said to him, Master what should we do?
And he said to them, Take no more [money] than what is appointed to you.
And the soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Oppress no one, nor accuse falsely; and be content with your pay.
But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,
John answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;
whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
Exhorting them many other things also, he announced [his] glad tidings to the people.
But Herod the Tetrarch being reproved by him as to Herodias the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
added this also to all [the rest], that he shut up John in prison.
And it came to pass all the people having been baptized, and Jesus having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I have found my delight.
And Jesus himself was at his outset about thirty years old; (being as was supposed son of Joseph); of Eli,
of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,
of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naoum, of Esli, of Naggai,
of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,
of Joannes, of Resa, of Zorobabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,
of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,
of Joses, of Eliezer, of Joreim, of Matthat, of Levi,
of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,
of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,
of Jesse, of Obed, of Booz, of Salmon, of Naasson,
of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Phares, of Juda,
of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Terah, of Nachor,
of Seruch, of Ragau, of Phalek, of Eber, of Sala,
of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Sem, of Noe, of Lamech,
of Methusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,
of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.