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CHAP III. hill shall be brought 6 And all flesh tion of Gud. 4 And this same 6 And John was John had his rai- clothed with cament ofcamel’shair, mel's hair, and with and aleatherngirdle a girdle of a skin aabout his loins : and bout his loins, and his meat waslocusts he did eat locusts and wild honey. and wild honey ; 5 Then went out 5 And there went to him Jerusalem, out unto him all the and all judea, and land of Judea, and all the region round they of Jerusalem, about Jordan, 6 And were bap- tised of him in the and were all bap: tised of him in Jordan, confessing river of Jordan, their sins. confessingtheirsins, 7 | But when he ✓ Then said he to saw many of the the multitude that Pharisees and Sad came forth to be ducees come to his baptised of him, baptism, he said unto them, O generation of O generation of vipers, who hath vipers, who hath warned you warned you to flee from the wrath to from the wrath to come. come. 8 Bring forth 8 Bring forth therefore fruits thereforefruitswormeetforrepentance; thy of repentance, 9 And think not and begin not to say within your to say within yourselves, We have A. selves, We have Abraham to our fa braham to our father: for I say unto ther; for I say unto you, that God is you, that God is able of these stones able of these stones MATTHEW. CHAP. III. to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bringeth not forthgood fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. MARK. JOHN also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; every tree therefore that bringeth not forthgood fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall wedo then? 11 He answereth and saith unto them, Hethat hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat,let him do likewise. 12 Then came also publicans to be baptised, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded af him saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not: F MATTHEW. MARK. LUKE. JOHN CHAP. III. CHAP I. CHAP. III. ed, saying unto 11 I indeed 8 I indeed have them all, I indeed baptise you with baptised you with baptise you with water unto repent- water: water; ance ; but he that cometh after me is there cometh one but one mightier than I, mightier than I mightier than I after me, the latchet cometh, the latchet whose shoes I am of whose shoes I am of whose shoesIam not worthy to bear: not worthy to stoop not worthy to down and uploose ; unloose : he shall baptise he shall baptise he shall baptise you with the Holy you with the Holy you with the Holy Ghost, Ghost. Ghost, and with fire ; and with fire. 12 Whose fan 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and is in his hand, and he will throughly he will throughly purge his floor, and purge his floor and gather his wheat will gather the into the garner ; wheat into his garbut he will burn ner ; but the chaff up the chaff with he will burn with unquenchable fire. fire unquenchable. THE END OF PART I. THE TRANSACTIONS OF ABOUT SIX MONTHS, FROM JESUS'S BAP TISM UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THE ENSUING PASSOVER. The Bap MATTHEW. LUKE. JOHN. CHAP. III. $ 16. tism of Jesus. 9 And 21 Now when all the people were baptised, it came to pass it came to pass 13 | Then in those days, cometh Jesus that Jesus came that Jesus from from Nazareth of Galilee* Galilee, to Jordan unto John, to be baptised of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee, & comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering, said unto him, suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suf, fered him. and was baptised also being baptised of John in Jordan.t 16 And Jesus 10 And straightwhen he was bap- way, tised, went up coming up, straightway out of the water : out of the water and and praying, lo,the heavens were he saw the heavens the heaven was opened unto him, opened, opened. and he and the 22 And the Spirit of God Spirit like a dove Holy Ghost de • Time....A. D. 30. The first of his ministry. I + Place....Jordan. saw the JOHN. a 1 MATTHEW. MARK. LUKE. CHAP. III. CHAP. I. CHAP. III. descending like a descending scended in a bom dove, and light dily shape, like a ing upon him. upon him. dove upon him, 17 and lo, 11 And there and voice from camea voicefrom a voicecamefrom heaven, saying, heaven, saying, heavenwhichsaid This is my be- Thou art my be- Thou art my beloved Son, in loved Son, in loved Son, in whom I am well whom I am well thee I am well pleased. pleased. pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph; pa. 15.* 17. The CHAP. IV. Temptation of And Jesus being Jesus. full of the Holy Ghost, returned CHAP IV. from Jordan, Then was Je- 12 And imme. sus led up of the diately the spirit and was led by spirit into driveth him into the spirit into the wilderness, the wilderness. the wilderness, 13 And he was there in the wilderness 2 Being forty forty to be tempted of days tempted of days tempted of the devil, Satan : the devil. and was with the wild beasts ; 2 And when And in those he had fasted days he did eat forty days and nothing: forty nights, and when they were ended, he was afterward he afterward an hungered. hungered. 3 And when 3 And the tempter came the devil to him, he said, said unto him, * Time....A. D. 30. I † Place....The Desert. |