1Now[G1161]in[G1722] the fifteenth[G4003]year[G2094] of the reign[G2231] of Tiberius[G5086]Caesar[G2541], Pontius[G4194]Pilate[G4091] being governor[G2230] of Judaea[G2449], and[G2532]Herod[G2264] being tetrarch[G5075] of Galilee[G1056], and[G1161]his[G846]brother[G80]Philip[G5376]tetrarch[G5075] of Ituraea[G2484]and[G1161] of the region[G5561] of Trachonitis[G5139], and[G1161]Lysanias[G3078] the tetrarch[G5075] of Abilene[G9],
2Annas[G452]and[G2532]Caiaphas[G2533]being[G1909] the high priests[G749], the word[G4487] of God[G2316]came[G1096]unto[G1909]John[G2491] the son[G5207] of Zacharias[G2197]in[G1722] the wilderness[G2048].
3And[G2532] he came[G2064]into[G1519]all[G3956] the country about[G4066]Jordan[G2446], preaching[G2784] the baptism[G908] of repentance[G3341]for[G1519] the remission[G859] of sins[G266];
4As[G5613] it is written[G1125]in[G1722] the book[G976] of the words[G3056] of Esaias[G2268] the prophet[G4396], saying[G3004], The voice[G5456] of one crying[G994]in[G1722] the wilderness[G2048], Prepare ye[G2090] the way[G3598] of the Lord[G2962], make[G4160]his[G846]paths[G5147]straight[G2117].
5Every[G3956]valley[G5327] shall be[G2071]filled[G4137], and[G2532]every[G3956]mountain[G3735]and[G2532]hill[G1015] shall be[G2071] brought low[G5013]; and[G2532] the crooked[G4646] shall be[G2071]made[G1519]straight[G2117], and[G2532] the rough[G5138]ways[G3598] shall be[G2071]made[G1519]smooth[G3006];
6And[G2532]all[G3956]flesh[G4561] shall see[G3700] the salvation[G4992] of God[G2316].
7Then[G3767]said[G3004] he to the multitude[G3793] that came forth[G1607] to be baptized[G907]of[G5259]him[G846], O generation[G1081]of[G5259]vipers[G2191], who[G5101] hath warned[G5263]you[G5213] to flee[G5343]from[G575] the wrath[G3709] to come?[G3195]
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Bring forth[G4160]therefore[G3767]fruits[G2590]worthy[G514]of[G1537]repentance[G3341], and[G2532]begin[G756]not[G3361] to say[G3004]within[G1722]yourselves[G1438], We have[G2192]Abraham[G11] to our father[G3962]: for[G1063] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], That[G3754]God[G2316] is able[G1410]of[G1537]these[G5130]stones[G3037] to raise up[G1453]children[G5043] unto Abraham[G11].
9And[G1161]now[G2235]also[G2532] the axe[G513] is laid[G2749]unto[G4314] the root[G4491] of the trees[G1186]: every[G3956]tree[G1186]therefore[G3767] which bringeth[G4160]not[G3361]forth[G4160]good[G2570]fruit[G2590] is hewn down[G1581], and[G2532]cast[G906]into[G1519] the fire[G4442].
10And[G2532] the people[G3793]asked[G1905]him[G846], saying[G3004], What[G5101] shall we do[G4160]then?[G3767]
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He answereth[G611]and[G1161]saith[G3004] unto them[G846], He that hath[G2192]two[G1417]coats[G5509], let him impart[G3330] to him that hath[G2192]none[G3361]; and[G2532] he that hath[G2192]meat[G1033], let him do[G4160]likewise[G3668].
12Then[G1161]came[G2064]also[G2532]publicans[G5057] to be baptized[G907], and[G2532]said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Master[G1320], what[G5101] shall we do?[G4160]
13And[G1161] he said[G2036]unto[G4314]them[G846], Exact[G4238]no[G3367]more[G4119]than[G3844] that which is appointed[G1299]you[G5213].
14And[G1161] the soldiers[G4754]likewise[G2532]demanded[G1905] of him[G846], saying[G3004], And[G2532]what[G5101] shall we[G2249]do?[G4160]And[G2532] he said[G2036]unto[G4314]them[G846], Do[G4160]violence[G1286] to no man[G3367], neither[G3366] accuse any falsely[G4811]; and[G2532] be content[G714] with your[G5216]wages[G3800].
15And[G1161] as the people[G2992]were[G1498]in[G1722]expectation[G4328], and[G2532] all men[G3956]mused[G1260]in[G1722]their[G846]hearts[G2588]of[G4012]John[G2491], whether[G3379]he[G846]were[G1498] the Christ[G5547], or not[G3379];
16John[G2491]answered[G611], saying[G3004] unto them all[G537], I[G1473]indeed[G3303]baptize[G907]you[G5209]with[G1722]water[G5204]; but[G1161] one mightier than[G2478]I[G3450]cometh[G2064], the latchet[G2438] of whose[G3739]shoes[G5266]I[G3450]am[G1510]not[G3756]worthy[G2425] to unloose[G3089]: he[G846] shall baptize[G907]you[G5209]with[G1722] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151]and[G2532]with[G1722]fire[G4442]:
17Whose[G3739]fan[G4425] is in[G1722]his[G846]hand[G5495], and[G2532] he will throughly purge[G1245]his[G846]floor[G257], and[G2532] will gather[G4863] the wheat[G4621]into[G1519]his[G846]garner[G596]; but[G1161] the chaff[G892] he will burn[G2618] with fire[G4442]unquenchable[G762].
18And[G2532]many[G4183]other[G2087]things[G4183] in his exhortation[G3870]preached[G2097] he unto the people[G2992].
19But[G1161]Herod[G2264] the tetrarch[G5076], being reproved[G1651]by[G5259]him[G846]for[G4012]Herodias[G2266]his[G846]brother[G80] Philip's wife[G1135], and[G2532]for[G4012]all[G3956] the evils[G4190]which[G3739]Herod[G2264] had done[G4160],
20Added[G4369]yet[G2532]this[G5124]above[G1909]all[G3956], that[G2532] he shut up[G2623]John[G2491]in[G1722]prison[G5438].
21Now[G1161] when all[G537] the people[G2992] were baptized[G1722], it came to pass[G1096], that Jesus[G2424]also[G2532] being baptized[G907], and[G2532]praying[G4336], the heaven[G3772] was opened[G455],
22And[G2532] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151]descended[G2597]in[G1722] a bodily[G4984]shape[G1491]like[G5616] a dove[G4058]upon[G1909]him[G846], and[G2532] a voice[G5456]came[G1096]from[G1537]heaven[G3772], which said[G3004], Thou[G4771]art[G1488]my[G3450]beloved[G27]Son[G5207]; in[G1722]thee[G4671] I am well pleased[G2106].
23And[G2532]Jesus[G2424]himself[G846]began[G756] to be[G2258]about[G5616]thirty[G5144] years of age[G2094], being(as was supposed[G3543]) the son[G5207] of Joseph[G2501], which was the son[G5207] of Heli[G2242],
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Which was the son of Matthat[G3158], which was the son of Levi[G3017], which was the son of Melchi[G3197], which was the son of Janna[G2388], which was the son of Joseph[G2501],
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Which was the son of Mattathias[G3161], which was the son of Amos[G301], which was the son of Naum[G3486], which was the son of Esli[G2069], which was the son of Nagge[G3477],
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Which was the son of Maath[G3092], which was the son of Mattathias[G3161], which was the son of Semei[G4584], which was the son of Joseph[G2501], which was the son of Juda[G2455],
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Which was the son of Joanna[G2490], which was the son of Rhesa[G4488], which was the son of Zorobabel[G2216], which was the son of Salathiel[G4528], which was the son of Neri[G3518],
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Which was the son of Melchi[G3197], which was the son of Addi[G78], which was the son of Cosam[G2973], which was the son of Elmodam[G1678], which was the son of Er[G2262],
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Which was the son of Jose[G2499], which was the son of Eliezer[G1663], which was the son of Jorim[G2497], which was the son of Matthat[G3158], which was the son of Levi[G3017],
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Which was the son of Simeon[G4826], which was the son of Juda[G2455], which was the son of Joseph[G2501], which was the son of Jonan[G2494], which was the son of Eliakim[G1662],
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Which was the son of Melea[G3190], which was the son of Menan[G3104], which was the son of Mattatha[G3160], which was the son of Nathan[G3481], which was the son of David[G1138],
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Which was the son of Jesse[G2421], which was the son of Obed[G5601], which was the son of Booz[G1003], which was the son of Salmon[G4533], which was the son of Naasson[G3476],
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Which was the son of Aminadab[G284], which was the son of Aram[G689], which was the son of Esrom[G2074], which was the son of Phares[G5329], which was the son of Juda[G2455],
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Which was the son of Jacob[G2384], which was the son of Isaac[G2464], which was the son of Abraham[G11], which was the son of Thara[G2291], which was the son of Nachor[G3493],
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Which was the son of Saruch[G4562], which was the son of Ragau[G4466], which was the son of Phalec[G5317], which was the son of Heber[G1443], which was the son of Sala[G4527],
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Which was the son of Cainan[G2536], which was the son of Arphaxad[G742], which was the son of Sem[G4590], which was the son of Noe[G3575], which was the son of Lamech[G2984],
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Which was the son of Mathusala[G3103], which was the son of Enoch[G1802], which was the son of Jared[G2391], which was the son of Maleleel[G3121], which was the son of Cainan[G2536],
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Which was the son of Enos[G1800], which was the son of Seth[G4589], which was the son of Adam[G76], which was the son of God[G2316].