Third Sunday of Advent Year C Gospel

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Luke.

The crowds asked John, “What ought we to do?”  In reply John said, “Let the one with two coats give to the one who has none.  Those who have food should do the same.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to John, ”Teacher, what are we to do?”  John answered them, “Exact nothing over and above your fixed amount.”  Soldiers likewise asked.  “What
about us?”  John told them, “Do not bully anyone.  Denounce no one falsely. Be content with your pay.”

The people were full of anticipation, wondering in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah.  John answered them all by saying: “I am baptizing you in water, but there is one to come who is mightier than I.   I am not fit to loosen his sandal strap.  This one will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.  A winnowing fan is in his hand to clear the threshing floor and gather the wheat into the granary, but the chaff will be burnt in unquenchable fire.”  Using exhortations of this sort, John preached the good news to the people.

The Good News as spoken through Luke.