Luke 3:3-9

³And he came into all the region 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:

“The voice of one calling out in the wilderness,

‘Prepare the way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight!

5‘Every ravine will be filled,

And every mountain and hill will be lowered;

The crooked will become straight,

And the rough roads smooth;

6And all flesh will see the salvation of God!’ ”

⁷So he was saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸Therefore produce fruits that are consistent with repentance, and do not start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children for Abraham. ⁹But indeed the axe is already being laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”