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KING JAMES VERSION
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Now in the fifteenth
year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of
Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch
of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of
Abilene,
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Annas and Caiaphas
being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias
in the wilderness.
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And he came into all
the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the
remission of sins;
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As it is written in
the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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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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And all flesh shall
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Then said he to the
multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who
hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Bring forth
therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is
able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
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And now also the axe
is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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And the people asked
him, saying, What shall we do then? |
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He answereth and
saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath
none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
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Then came also
publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
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And he said unto
them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
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And the soldiers
likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto
them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with
your wages.
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And as the people
were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he
were the Christ, or not;
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John answered,
saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than
I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Whose fan is in his
hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into
his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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And many other
things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
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But Herod the
tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and
for all the evils which Herod had done,
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Added yet this above
all, that he shut up John in prison. |
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Now when all the
people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and
praying, the heaven was opened,
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And the Holy Ghost
descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from
heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
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And Jesus himself
began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of
Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
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Which was the son of
Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was
the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
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Which was the son of
Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was
the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,
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Which was the son of
Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which
was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,
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Which was the son of
Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which
was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
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Which was the son of
Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the
son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,
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Which was the son of
Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was
the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,
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Which was the son of
Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
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Which was the son of
Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was
the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,
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Which was the son of
Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the
son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
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Which was the son of
Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was
the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
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Which was the son of
Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was
the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
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Which was the son of
Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was
the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,
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Which was the son of
Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was
the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
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Which was the son of
Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was
the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,
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Which was the son of
Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the
son of God.
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