Luke 3:15-20

John Points to the Messiah

Luke 3:15-20
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The people were in a state of great expectancy, and everyone was wondering whether perhaps Yochanan himself might be the Messiah;
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so Yochanan answered them all, "I am immersing you in water, but he who is coming is more powerful than I -- I'm not worthy to untie his sandals! He will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh and in fire.
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He has with him his winnowing fork to clear out his threshing floor and gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the straw with unquenchable fire!"
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And with many other warnings besides these he announced the Good News to the people.
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But Yochanan also denounced Herod the regional governor for taking as his own wife Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the other wicked things Herod had done;
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whereupon Herod added this to the rest: he locked up Yochanan in prison.
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