1In[G1722]those[G1565]days[G2250]came[G3854]John[G2491] the Baptist[G910], preaching[G2784]in[G1722] the wilderness[G2048] of Judaea[G2449],
2And[G2532]saying[G3004], Repent ye[G3340]: for[G1063] the kingdom[G932] of heaven[G3772] is at hand[G1448].
3For[G1063]this[G3778] is he[G2076] that was spoken[G4483] of by[G5259] the prophet[G4396]Esaias[G2268], 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].
4And[G1161] the same[G846]John[G2491]had[G2192]his[G846]raiment[G1742]of[G575] camel's hair[G2359], and[G2532] a leathern[G1193]girdle[G2223]about[G4012]his[G846]loins[G3751]; and[G2532]his[G846]meat[G5160]was[G2258]locusts[G200]and[G2532]wild[G66]honey[G3192].
5Then[G5119] went out[G1607]to[G4314]him[G846]Jerusalem[G2414], and[G2532]all[G3956]Judaea[G2449], and[G2532]all[G3956] the region round about[G4066]Jordan[G2446],
6And[G2532] were baptized[G907]of[G5259]him[G846]in[G1722]Jordan[G2446], confessing[G1843]their[G846]sins[G266].
7But[G1161] when he saw[G1492]many[G4183] of the Pharisees[G5330]and[G2532]Sadducees[G4523]come[G2064]to[G1909]his[G846]baptism[G908], he said[G2036] unto them[G846], O generation[G1081] of vipers[G2191], who[G5101] hath warned[G5263]you[G5213]to[G1909]flee[G5343]from[G575] the wrath[G3709]to[G1909]come?[G3195]
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Bring forth[G4160]therefore[G3767]fruits[G2590]meet[G514] for repentance[G3341]:
9And[G2532]think[G1380]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].
10And[G1161]now[G2235]also[G2532] the axe[G513] is laid[G2749]unto[G4314] the root[G4491] of the trees[G1186]: therefore[G3767]every[G3956]tree[G1186] which bringeth[G4160]not[G3361]forth[G4160]good[G2570]fruit[G2590] is hewn down[G1581], and[G2532]cast[G906]into[G1519] the fire[G4442].
11I[G1473]indeed[G3303]baptize[G907]you[G5209]with[G1722]water[G5204]unto[G1519]repentance[G3341]: but[G1161]he[G846] that cometh[G2064]after[G3694]me[G3450]is[G2076] mightier than[G2478]I[G3450], whose[G3739]shoes[G5266]I[G3450]am[G1510]not[G3756]worthy[G2425] to bear[G941]: he[G846] shall baptize[G907]you[G5209]with[G1722] the Holy[G40]Ghost[G4151], and[G2532]with[G1722]fire[G4442]:
12Whose[G3739]fan[G4425] is in[G1722]his[G846]hand[G5495], and[G2532] he will throughly purge[G1245]his[G846]floor[G257], and[G2532]gather[G4863]his[G846]wheat[G4621]into[G1519] the garner[G596]; but[G1161] he will burn up[G2618] the chaff[G892] with unquenchable[G762]fire[G4442].
13Then[G5119]cometh[G3854]Jesus[G2424]from[G575]Galilee[G1056]to[G1909]Jordan[G2446]unto[G4314]John[G2491], to[G1909] be baptized[G907]of[G5259]him[G846].
14But[G1161]John[G2491]forbad[G1254] him, saying[G3004], I[G1473]have[G2192]need[G5532]to[G4314] be baptized[G907]of[G5259]thee[G4675], and[G2532]comest[G2064]thou[G4771]to[G4314]me?[G3165]
15And[G1161]Jesus[G2424]answering[G611]said[G2036]unto[G4314]him[G846], Suffer[G863] it to be so now[G737]: for[G1063]thus[G3779] it becometh[G4241]us[G2254] to fulfil[G4137]all[G3956]righteousness[G1343]. Then[G5119] he suffered[G863]him[G846].
16And[G2532]Jesus[G2424], when he was baptized[G907], went up[G305]straightway[G2117] out of[G575] the water[G5204]: and[G2532], lo[G2400], the heavens[G3772] were opened[G455] unto him[G846], and[G2532] he saw[G1492] the Spirit[G4151]of[G575]God[G2316]descending[G2597]like[G5616] a dove[G4058], and[G2532]lighting[G2064]upon[G1909]him[G846]:
17And[G2532]lo[G2400] a voice[G5456]from[G1537]heaven[G3772], saying[G3004], This[G3778]is[G2076]my[G3450]beloved[G27]Son[G5207], in[G1722]whom[G3739] I am well pleased[G2106].