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CHAPTER 3
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
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And saying, Repent
ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias,
saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths
straight.
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And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins;
and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and
all the region round about Jordan,
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And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them,
O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Bring forth therefore
fruits meet for repentance:
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And think 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: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
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I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance:
but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: 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 gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire.
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Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
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But John forbad
him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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And Jesus answering
said unto him,
Suffer
it to be so
now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.
Then he
suffered him.
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And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo,
the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him:
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And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
CHAPTER 4
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
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And when he
had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
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And when the tempter came
to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
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But he
answered and said,
It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth
out of the mouth of God.
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Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple,
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And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it
is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in
their
hands they shall bear thee
up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
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Jesus said unto him,
It is written again,
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
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And saith unto
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