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| 3:1 |
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiber'i-us Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturae'a and Trachoni'tis, and Lysa'ni-as tetrarch of Abile'ne,
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| 3:2 |
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Ca'iaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechari'ah in the wilderness;
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| 3:3 |
and he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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| 3:4 |
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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| 3:5 |
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low, and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
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| 3:6 |
and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'
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| 3:7 |
He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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| 3:8 |
Bear fruits that befit repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father';for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
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| 3:9 |
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees;every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.'
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| 3:10 |
And the multitudes asked him, 'What then shall we do?'
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| 3:11 |
And he answered them, 'He who has two coats, let him share with him who has none;and he who has food, let him do likewise.'
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| 3:12 |
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, 'Teacher, what shall we do?'
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| 3:13 |
And he said to them, 'Collect no more than is appointed you.'
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| 3:14 |
Soldiers also asked him, 'And we, what shall we do?' And he said to them, 'Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages.'
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| 3:15 |
As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,
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| 3:16 |
John answered them all, 'I baptize you with water;but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie;he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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| 3:17 |
His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.'
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| 3:18 |
So, with many other exhortations, he preached good news to the people.
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| 3:19 |
But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Hero'di-as, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done,
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added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
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| 3:21 |
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
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| 3:22 |
and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, 'Thou art my beloved Son;with thee I am well pleased.'
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| 3:23 |
Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
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| 3:24 |
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jan'na-i, the son of Joseph,
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| 3:25 |
the son of Mattathi'as, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Nag'ga-i,
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| 3:26 |
the son of Ma'ath, the son of Mattathi'as, the son of Sem'e-in, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
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| 3:27 |
the son of Jo-an'an, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerub'babel, the son of She-al'ti-el, the son of Neri,
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| 3:28 |
the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elma'dam, the son of Er,
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| 3:29 |
the son of Joshua, the son of Elie'zer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
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| 3:30 |
the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eli'akim,
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| 3:31 |
the son of Me'le-a, the son of Menna, the son of Mat'tatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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| 3:32 |
the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Bo'az, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
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| 3:33 |
the son of Ammin'adab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
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| 3:34 |
the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
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| 3:35 |
the son of Serug, the son of Re'u, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
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| 3:36 |
the son of Ca-i'nan, the son of Arphax'ad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
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| 3:37 |
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Maha'lale-el, the son of Ca-i'nan,
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| 3:38 |
the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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