Luke 3:19

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Luke 3:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible

17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 9:7

He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Proverbs 15:12

A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

Matthew 11:2

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

Matthew 14:3

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 14:4

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

Mark 6:18

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”