ASV_Strong : Matthew 3
1. And in[G1722] those[G1565] days[G2250] cometh[G3854] John[G2491] the Baptist[G910], preaching[G2784] in[G1722] the wilderness[G2048] of Judaea[G2449], saying,
2. Repent[G3004] ye[G3340]; for[G1063] the kingdom[G932] of heaven[G3772] is at hand[G1448].
3. For[G1063] this[G3778] is[G2076] he that[G3588] was spoken[G4483] of[G5259] through Isaiah the prophet[G4396], saying[G3004], The voice[G5456] of one crying[G994] in[G1722] the wilderness[G2048], Make ye[G2090] ready the way[G3598] of the Lord[G2962], make[G4160] his[G846] paths[G5147] straight[G2117].
4. Now[G1161] John[G2491] himself[G846] had[G2192] his[G846] raiment[G1742] of[G575] camel[G2574]'s hair[G2359], and[G2532] a leathern[G1193] girdle[G2223] about[G4012] his[G846] loins[G3751]; and[G2532] his[G846] food[G5160] was[G2258] locusts[G200] and[G2532] wild[G66] honey[G3192].
5. Then[G5119] went out[G1607] unto[G4314] him[G846] Jerusalem[G2414], and[G2532] all[G3956] Judaea[G2449], and[G2532] all[G3956] the region round about[G4066] the Jordan[G2446];
6. and[G2532] they were baptized[G907] of[G5259] him[G846] in[G1722] the river Jordan[G2446], confessing[G1843] their[G846] sins[G266].
7. But[G1161] when he saw[G1492] many[G4183] of the Pharisees[G5330] and[G2532] Sadducees[G4523] coming[G2064] to[G1909] his[G846] baptism[G908], he said[G2036] unto them[G846], Ye offspring[G1081] of vipers[G2191], who[G5101] warned[G5263] you[G5213] to flee[G5343] from[G575] the wrath[G3709] to come[G3195]?
8. Bring forth[G4160] therefore[G3767] fruit[G2590] worthy[G514] of repentance[G3341]:
9. and[G2532] think[G1380] not[G3361] to say[G3004] within[G1722] yourselves[G1438], We have[G2192] Abraham[G11] to[G3962] our father[G3962]: for[G1063] I say[G3004] unto you[G5213], that[G3754] God[G2316] is able[G1410] of[G1537] these[G5130] stones[G3037] to raise up[G1453] children[G5043] unto Abraham[G11].
10. And[G1161] even[G2532] now[G2235] the axe[G513] lieth[G2749] at[G4314] the root[G4491] of the trees[G1186]: every[G3956] tree[G1186] therefore[G3767] that bringeth[G4160] not[G3361] forth[G4160] good[G2570] fruit[G2590] is hewn down[G1581], and[G2532] cast[G906] into[G1519] the fire[G4442].
11. I[G1473] indeed[G3303] baptize[G907] you[G5209] in[G1722] water[G5204] unto[G1519] repentance[G3341]: but[G1161] he that[G3588] cometh[G2064] after[G3694] me[G3450] is[G2076] mightier than[G2478] I[G3450], whose[G3739] shoes[G5266] I am[G1510] not[G3756] worthy[G2425] to bear[G941]: he[G846] shall baptize[G907] you[G5209] in[G1722] the Holy[G40] Spirit[G4151] and[G2532] in fire[G4442]:
12. whose[G3739] fan[G4425] is in[G1722] his[G846] hand[G5495], and[G2532] he will thoroughly cleanse[G1245] his[G846] threshing-floor[G257]; and[G2532] he will gather[G4863] his[G846] wheat[G4621] into[G1519] the garner[G596], but[G1161] the chaff[G892] he will burn up[G2618] with unquenchable[G762] fire[G4442].
13. Then[G5119] cometh[G3854] Jesus[G2424] from[G575] Galilee[G1056] to[G1909] the Jordan[G2446] unto[G4314] John[G2491], to be baptized[G907] of[G5259] him[G846].
14. But[G1161] John[G2491] would have hindered[G1254] him[G846], saying[G3004], I[G1473] have[G2192] need[G5532] to be baptized[G907] of[G5259] thee[G4675], and[G2532] comest[G2064] thou[G4771] to[G4314] me[G3165]?
15. But[G1161] Jesus[G2424] answering[G611] said[G2036] unto[G4314] him[G846], Suffer[G863] it[G2076] now[G737]: for[G1063] thus[G3779] it becometh[G4241] us[G2254] to fulfil[G4137] all[G3956] righteousness[G1343]. Then[G5119] he suffereth[G863] him[G846].
16. And[G2532] Jesus[G2424] when he was baptized[G907], went up[G305] straightway[G2117] from[G575] the water[G5204]: and[G2532] lo[G2400], the heavens[G3772] were opened[G455] unto him[G846], and[G2532] he saw[G1492] the Spirit[G4151] of God[G2316] descending[G2597] as[G5616] a dove[G4058], and[G2532] coming[G2064] upon[G1909] him[G846];
17. and[G2532] lo[G2400], a voice[G5456] out[G1537] of the heavens[G3772], saying[G3004], This[G3778] is[G2076] my[G3450] beloved[G27] Son[G5207], in[G1722] whom[G3739] I am well pleased[G2106].
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