Matthew:3

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ylt @Matthew:3:1 @And in those days cometh John the Baptist , proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea , ylt @Matthew:3:2 @and saying , 'Reform , for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens ,' ylt @Matthew:3:3 @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 .' ylt @Matthew:3:4 @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 . ylt @Matthew:3:5 @Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem , and all Judea , and all the region round about the Jordan , ylt @Matthew:3:6 @and they were baptized in the Jordan by him , confessing their sins . ylt @Matthew:3:7 @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 ? ylt @Matthew:3:8 @bear , therefore , fruits worthy of the reformation , ylt @Matthew:3:9 @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 , ylt @Matthew:3:10 @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 . ylt @Matthew:3:11 @'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 , ylt @Matthew:3:12 @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 .' ylt @Matthew:3:13 @Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan , unto John to be baptized by him , ylt @Matthew:3:14 @but John was forbidding him , saying , 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me !' ylt @Matthew:3:15 @But Jesus answering said to him , 'Suffer now , for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness ,' then he doth suffer him . ylt @Matthew:3:16 @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 , ylt @Matthew:3:17 @and lo , a voice out of the heavens , saying , 'This is My Son -- the Beloved , in whom I did delight .'

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