Verse 16
Luke 3:16
American Standard Version
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John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:
Original Language Text
greek
ἀπεκρίνατο ⸂λέγων πᾶσιν ὁ Ἰωάννης⸃· Ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδατι βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς· ἔρχεται δὲ ὁ ἰσχυρότερός μου, οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ· αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί·
English Translation
John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water; but one stronger than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
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Chapter 3 Context
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea,...
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in the highpriesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God (Elohim) came unto John the son of Zach...
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And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto rem...
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wild...
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Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shal...
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And all flesh shall see the salvation of God (Elohim).
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He said therefore to the multitudes that went out to be baptized of him, Ye offspring of vipers, who...
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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have A...
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And even now the axe also lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not for...
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And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?
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And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; an...
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And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Teacher, what must we do?
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And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you.
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And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort from no...
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And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether...
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John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mi...
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whose fan is in his hand, thoroughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into hi...
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With many other exhortations therefore preached he good tidings unto the people;
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but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother`s wife, and for all the evil...
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added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
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Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Yashua (Jesus) also having been baptiz...
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and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven,...
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And Yashua (Jesus) himself, when he began [to teach], was about thirty years of age, being the son (...
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the [son] of Matthat, the [son] of Levi, the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Jannai, the [son] of Jose...
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the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Amos, the [son] of Nahum, the [son] of Esli, the [son] of Nagg...
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the [son] of Maath, the [son] of Mattathias, the [son] of Semein, the [son] of Josech, the [son] of...
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the [son] of Joanan, the [son] of Rhesa, the [son] of Zerubbabel, the [son] of Shealtiel, the [son]...
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the [son] of Melchi, the [son] of Addi, the [son] of Cosam, the [son] of Elmadam, the [son] of Er,
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the [son] of Yashua (Jesus), the [son] of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the [son] of Matthat, the [son]...
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the [son] of Symeon, the [son] of Judas, the [son] of Joseph, the [son] of Jonam, the [son] of Eliak...
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the [son] of Melea, the [son] of Menna, the [son] of Mattatha, the [son] of Nathan, the [son] of Dav...
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the [son] of Jesse, the [son] of Obed, the [son] of Boaz, the [son] of Salmon, the [son] of Nahshon,
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the [son] of Amminadab, the [son] of Arni, the [son] of Hezron, the [son] of Perez, the [son] of Jud...
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the [son] of Jacob, the [son] of Isaac, the [son] of Abraham, the [son] of Terah, the [son] of Nahor...
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the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah
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the [son] of Cainan, the [son] of Arphaxad, the [son] of Shem, the [son] of Noah, the [son] of Lamec...
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the [son] of Methuselah, the [son] of Enoch, the [son] of Jared, the [son] of Mahalaleel, the [son]...
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the [son] of Enos, the [son] of Seth, the [son] of Adam, the [son] of God (Elohim).
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