Catholic Public Domain Version
"Now all were thinking about John in their hearts, and the people were supposing that perhaps he might be the Christ. "
— Luke 3:15, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;”
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether haply he were the Christ; ”
“As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,”
“While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,”
“And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ:”
“And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,”
“And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;”
Now the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
But he said to them, “You should do nothing more than what has been appointed to you.”
Then the soldiers also questioned him, saying, “And what should we do?” And he said to them: “You should strike no one, and you should not make false accusations. And be content with your pay.”
Now all were thinking about John in their hearts, and the people were supposing that perhaps he might be the Christ.
John responded by saying to everyone: “Indeed, I baptize you with water. But there will arrive one stronger than me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit, and with fire.
His winnowing fan is in his hand. And he will purify his threshing floor. And he will gather the wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
Indeed, he also proclaimed many other things, exhorting the people.