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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar ,
when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea ,
Herod tetrarch of Galilee ,
his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis ,
and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene ,
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When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests ,
the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness .
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And he went into all the country about the Jordan ,
preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins ;
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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet ,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness ,
Prepare 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 he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him ,
O generation of vipers ,
who warned you to flee from the wrath to come ?
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Bring forth fruit worthy of repentance ,
and do not begin to say to yourselves ,
We have Abraham as our father :
for I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones .
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Even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees :
every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down ,
and cast into the fire .
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And the people asked him ,
What shall we do then ?
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He answered and said to them ,
He who has two coats ,
let him share with him who has none ;
and he who has food ,
let him do likewise .
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Then tax gatherers also came to be baptized ,
and said to him ,
Teacher ,
what shall we do ?
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And he said to them ,
Collect no more than you have been ordered to .
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And the soldiers likewise questioned him ,
saying ,
And what shall we do ?
And he said to them ,
Do not extort money from anyone or accuse anyone falsely ;
and be content with your wages .
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And as the people were expectant ,
and wondering in their hearts if John was the Christ ,
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John answered ,
saying to them all ,
I indeed baptize you with water ;
but one mightier than I comes ,
the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie :
he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire :
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Whose winnowing fork is in his hand ,
and he will thoroughly clear his threshing floor ,
and will gather the wheat into his barn ;
but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire .
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And in his exhortation he preached many other things to the people .
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But Herod the tetrarch ,
having been reproved by him because of Herodias ,
his brother Philip '
s wife ,
and because of all the evils which Herod had done ,
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Added this to them all :
he shut John up in prison .