(51)And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. (52)And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. III. NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, (2)when Annas was high priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. (3)And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins, (4)as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths. (5)Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough ways smooth; (6)And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. (7)He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? (8)Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. (9)And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. (10)And the multitudes asked him, saying: What then shall we do? (11)He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise. (12)And there came also publicans to be immersed; and they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? (13)And he said to them: Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (14)And soldiers also asked him, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages[3:14]. (15)And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ, (16)John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; (17)whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable. (18)And with many other exhortations he published the good tidings to the people. (19)But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod did, (20)added to all this also, that he shut up John in prison.