Luke:3-4
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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 see the salvation of God .
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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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And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan ,
and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ,
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Being forty days tempted of the devil .
And in those days he did eat nothing :
and when they were ended ,
he afterward hungered .
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And the devil said unto him ,
If thou be the Son of God ,
command this stone that it be made bread .
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And Jesus answered him ,
saying ,
It is written ,
That man shall not live by bread alone ,
but by every word of God .
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And the devil ,
taking him up into an high mountain ,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time .
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And the devil said unto him ,
All this power will I give thee ,
and the glory of them :
for that is delivered unto me ;
and to whomsoever I will I give it .
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If thou therefore wilt worship me ,
all shall be thine .
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And Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Get thee behind me ,
Satan :
for it is written ,
Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God ,
and him only shalt thou serve .
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And he brought him to Jerusalem ,
and set him on a pinnacle of the temple ,
and said unto him ,
If thou be the Son of God ,
cast thyself down from hence :
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For it is written ,
He shall give his angels charge over thee ,
to keep thee :
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And in their hands they shall bear thee up ,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone .
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And Jesus answering said unto him ,
It is said ,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God .
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And when the devil had ended all the temptation ,
he departed from him for a season .
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And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee :
and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about .
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And he taught in their synagogues ,
being glorified of all .
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And he came to Nazareth ,
where he had been brought up :
and ,
as his custom was ,
he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day ,
and stood up for to read .
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And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias .
And when he had opened the book ,
he found the place where it was written ,
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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me ,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ;
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted ,
to preach deliverance to the captives ,
and recovering of sight to the blind ,
to set at liberty them that are bruised ,
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To preach the acceptable year of the Lord .
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And he closed the book ,
and he gave it again to the minister ,
and sat down .
And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him .
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And he began to say unto them ,
This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears .
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And all bare him witness ,
and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth .
And they said ,
Is not this Joseph '
s son ?
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And he said unto them ,
Ye will surely say unto me this proverb ,
Physician ,
heal thyself :
whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum ,
do also here in thy country .
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And he said ,
Verily I say unto you ,
No prophet is accepted in his own country .
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But I tell you of a truth ,
many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias ,
when the heaven was shut up three years and six months ,
when great famine was throughout all the land ;
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But unto none of them was Elias sent ,
save unto Sarepta ,
a city of Sidon ,
unto a woman that was a widow .
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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet ;
and none of them was cleansed ,
saving Naaman the Syrian .
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And all they in the synagogue ,
when they heard these things ,
were filled with wrath ,
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And rose up ,
and thrust him out of the city ,
and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built ,
that they might cast him down headlong .
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But he passing through the midst of them went his way ,
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And came down to Capernaum ,
a city of Galilee ,
and taught them on the sabbath days .
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And they were astonished at his doctrine :
for his word was with power .
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And in the synagogue there was a man ,
which had a spirit of an unclean devil ,
and cried out with a loud voice ,
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Saying ,
Let us alone ;
what have we to do with thee ,
thou Jesus of Nazareth ?
art thou come to destroy us ?
I know thee who thou art ;
the Holy One of God .
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And Jesus rebuked him ,
saying ,
Hold thy peace ,
and come out of him .
And when the devil had thrown him in the midst ,
he came out of him ,
and hurt him not .
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And they were all amazed ,
and spake among themselves ,
saying ,
What a word is this !
for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits ,
and they come out .
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And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about .
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And he arose out of the synagogue ,
and entered into Simon '
s house .
And Simon '
s wife '
s mother was taken with a great fever ;
and they besought him for her .
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And he stood over her ,
and rebuked the fever ;
and it left her :
and immediately she arose and ministered unto them .
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Now when the sun was setting ,
all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him ;
and he laid his hands on every one of them ,
and healed them .
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And devils also came out of many ,
crying out ,
and saying ,
Thou art Christ the Son of God .
And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak :
for they knew that he was Christ .
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And when it was day ,
he departed and went into a desert place :
and the people sought him ,
and came unto him ,
and stayed him ,
that he should not depart from them .
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And he said unto them ,
I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also :
for therefore am I sent .
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And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee .
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And it came to pass ,
that ,
as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God ,
he stood by the lake of Gennesaret ,
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