Luke 3:1-6

1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

3He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

4as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight!

5Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth,

6and everyone will see the salvation of God.