Luke 3:2-9

2in the high priesthood of 1Annas and 2Caiaphas, 3the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3And he came into all 4the 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, “5The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.56Every ravine will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be 7brought low; The crooked will become straight, And the rough roads smooth;68And all 9flesh will 10see the salvation of God.’”

7So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “11You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and 12do not begin to say 13to yourselves, ‘14We have Abraham for our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. 9Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so 15every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”