Luke 3:3-19

³And he came in to all the coostes aboute Iordan preachynge the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes

⁴at it is written in the boke of the sayinges of Esaias the Prophet which sayeth: The voyce of a cryar in wyldernes prepare the waye of the Lorde make hys pathes strayght.

⁵Every valley shalbe fylled and every moutayne and hyll shalbe brought lowe. And crocked thinges shalbe made streight: and the rough wayes shalbe made smoth:

⁶and all flesshe shall se the saveour sent of God.

⁷Then sayde he to the people that were come to be baptysed of him: O generacion of vipers who hath taught you to flye from the wrath to come?

⁸Bringe forth due frutes of repentaunce and begynne not to saye in youre selves we have Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you: God is able of these stones to reyse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.

⁹Now also ys the axe leyd vnto the rote of the trees: so that every tree which bringeth not forth good frute shalbe hewe doune and caste in to the fyre.

¹⁰And the people axed him sayinge: What shall we do then?

¹¹He answered and sayde vnto them: He that hath two coottes let him parte with him that hath none: and he that hath meate let him do lykewyse.

¹²Then came ther Publicans to be baptised and sayde vnto him: Master what shall we do?

¹³And he sayde vnto the: requyre no more then that which ys appoynted vnto you.

¹⁴The soudyoures lyke wyse demaunded of hym sayinge: and what shall we do? And he sayde to them: Do violence to noo man: nether trouble eny man wrongfully: but be content with youre wages.

¹⁵As the people were in a doute and all men disputed in their hertes of Iohn whether he were very Christ:

¹⁶Ihon answered and sayde to them all: I baptyse you with water but a stronger then I cometh after me whose shue latchet I am not worthy to vnlouse: he will baptise you with the holy goost and with fyre:

¹⁷which hath his fanne in his hond and will pourge his floore and will gader the corne into his barne: but the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that never shalbe quenched.

¹⁸And many other thinges in his exhortacion preached he vnto the people.

¹⁹Then Herode the Tetrach (when he was rebuked of him for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe and for all the evyls which Herod had done)