Matthew 3 : 1 (YLT)
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
Matthew 3 : 2 (YLT)
and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,`
Matthew 3 : 3 (YLT)
for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.`
Matthew 3 : 4 (YLT)
And this John had his clothing of camel`s hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
Matthew 3 : 5 (YLT)
Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
Matthew 3 : 6 (YLT)
and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
Matthew 3 : 7 (YLT)
And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 3 : 8 (YLT)
bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
Matthew 3 : 9 (YLT)
and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
Matthew 3 : 10 (YLT)
and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
Matthew 3 : 11 (YLT)
`I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
Matthew 3 : 12 (YLT)
whose fan *is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.`
Matthew 3 : 13 (YLT)
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,
Matthew 3 : 14 (YLT)
but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!`
Matthew 3 : 15 (YLT)
But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,` then he doth suffer him.
Matthew 3 : 16 (YLT)
And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
Matthew 3 : 17 (YLT)
and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.`
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