14 The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your [a]wages.

15 [b]As the people waited, and all men mused in their hearts of John, if he were not that Christ.

16 John answered, and said to them all, (A)Indeed I baptize you with water, but one stronger than I, cometh, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose: he will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:14 Which was paid them partly in money, and partly in victual.
  2. Luke 3:15 If we would rightly, and fruitfully receive the sacraments, we must neither rest in the signs, neither in him that ministereth the signs, but lift up our eyes to Christ, who is the author of the sacraments, and the giver of that which is represented by the sacraments.

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