1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
2 in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3 And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
5 Every valley will be filled,
6 and all flesh will see the salvation of God.’ ”
7 Therefore he was saying to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
8 Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentence! And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham
9 And even now the ax is positioned at the root of the trees; therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10 And the crowds were asking him, saying, “What then should we do?”
11 And he answered
12 And tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”
13 And he said to them, “Collect no more than
14 And those who served in the army were also asking him, saying, “What should we also do?” And he said to them, “Extort from no one, and do not blackmail
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16 John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but the one who is more powerful than I
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18 So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother’s wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,
20 added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.
21 Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
23 And Jesus,
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