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Chapter 3 verses 1-17

3:1
And
in
those
days
John
the
Baptist
came
preaching
in
the
waste
land
of
Judaea,
3:2
Saying,
Let
your
hearts
be
turned
from
sin;
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
near.
3:3
For
this
is
he
of
whom
Isaiah
the
prophet
said,
The
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
waste
land,
Make
ready
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
his
roads
straight.
3:4
Now
John
was
clothed
in
camel’s
hair,
with
a
leather
band
about
him;
and
his
food
was
locusts
and
honey.
3:5
Then
Jerusalem
and
all
Judaea
went out
to
him,
and
all
the
people
from
near
Jordan;
3:6
And
they
were
given
baptism
by
him
in
the
river
Jordan,
saying
openly
that
they
had
done
wrong.
3:7
But
when
he
saw
a
number
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
coming to
his
baptism,
he
said
to
them,
Offspring
of
snakes,
at
whose
word
are you
going
in
flight
from
the
wrath
to
come?
3:8
Let
your
change
of
heart
be
seen
in
your
works:
3:9
And
say
not
to
yourselves,
We
have
Abraham
for
our
father;
because
I
say
to
you
that
God
is able
from
these
stones
to
make
children
for
Abraham.
3:10
And
even
now
the
axe
is
put
to
the
root
of
the
trees;
every
tree
then
which
does not
give
good
fruit
is
cut down,
and
put
into
the
fire.
3:11
Truly,
I
give
baptism
with
water
to
those
of
you
whose
hearts
are
changed;
but
he
who
comes
after
me
is
greater than
I,
whose
shoes
I
am not
good
enough
to
take
up:
he
will
give
you
baptism
with
the
Holy Spirit
and
with
fire:
3:12
In
whose
hand
is
the
instrument
with
which
he
will
make
clean
his
grain;
he
will
put
the
good
grain
in
his
store,
but
the
waste
will
be
burned
up
in
the
fire
which
will
never
be
put
out.
3:13
Then
Jesus
came
from
Galilee
to
John
at
the
Jordan,
to
be
given
baptism
by
him.
3:14
But
John
would
have
kept
him
back,
saying,
It
is
I
who
have
need
of
baptism
from
you,
and
do you
come to
me?
3:15
But
Jesus
made
answer,
saying
to
him,
Let
it
be
so
now:
because
so
it
is
right
for
us
to
make
righteousness
complete.
Then
he
gave
him
baptism.
3:16
And
Jesus,
having been
given
baptism,
straight away
went up
from
the
water;
and,
the
heavens
opening,
he
saw
the
Spirit
of
God
coming
down
on
him
as
a
dove;
3:17
And
a
voice
came out
of
heaven,
saying,
This
is
my
dearly
loved
Son,
with
whom
I
am
well
pleased.