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1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, 2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. 3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make his paths straight.
Every mountain and hill will be brought low.
6 All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him,
“You
10 The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?”
11 He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has
none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”
12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,
“Teacher, what must we do?”
13 He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to
you.”
14 Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?”
He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone
wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”
15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts
concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ, 16 John answered them
all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I,
the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you
in the Holy Spirit and fire, 17 whose fan is in his hand, and he will
thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his
barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his
23 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old,
being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 24 the son of
Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of
Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the
son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of
Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, 27 the
son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,
the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Josa, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of
Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of
Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the
son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the
son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of
Amminadab, the son of Aram,
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