And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar,
Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of
Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country
of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, under
the chief priest Annas, and Caëaphas, the word of God came to
John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. And he went into
all the region about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of a change
of mind for the forgiveness of sins; as it is written in the book of
the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the
wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall
be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the
rough ways smooth; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized
by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee
from the wrath to come? Bear fruits, therefore, worthy of a
change of mind. And say not within yourselves, We have Abraham
for a father; for I tell you that God is able from these
stones to raise up children to Abraham. And already also the
axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree therefore which bears not
good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire. And the multitudes
asked him, saying, What then shall we do? And he answered
and said to them, Let him that has two coats give to him that has
none; and let him that has food do the same. And publicans,
also, came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we
do? And he said to them, Do nothing more than is appointed for
you. And the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do?
And he said to them, Oppress, and falsely accuse, no one; and be
contented with your wages.
And the people being in expectation, and all doubting in
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their minds concerning John, whether he was the Christ, John
answered all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water, but a
mightier than I is coming, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit
to untie; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His
winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean
his threshing floor, and gather the wheat into his storehouse; but
the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.
With many other exhortations, also, he preached the good
news to the people. But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by
him on account of Herodias his brother's wife and for all the evil
deeds which Herod had done, added also this to all, and shut up
John in prison.
And when all the people were baptized, Jesus also being baptized,
and praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended
in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a
voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I
am well pleased.
And Jesus was about thirty years old, being, as was supposed,
the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, the son of Matthat, the son of
Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the
son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of
Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the
son of Shimei, the son of Josech, the son of Juda, the son of Joannas,
the son of Resa, the son of Zerubabel, the son of Shealtiel,
the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of
Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the
son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of
Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of Meleas, the son of Mennas,
the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son
of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the
son of Naason, the son of Aminadab, the son of Admein, the son
of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Pharez, the son of Judah, the
son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of
Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son
of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Selah, the son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of
Lamech, the son of Methusaleh, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,
the son of Mahaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enos, the son of
Seth, the son of Adam, the Son of God.
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Sawyer [1858], THE NEW TESTAMENT, TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH CHRONOLOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THE SACRED BOOKS, AND IMPROVED DIVISIONS OF CHAPTERS AND VERSES. By LEICESTER AMBROSE SAWYER (SAMPSON LOW, SON AND COMPANY., LONDON) [word count] [B20100].
