1 Now in those days came John the baptist preaching
in the note desert part of Judea,
2 and saying, Repent, for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand:
3 for this is He who
was spoken of by note Esaias the prophet, saying, The
voice of one crying in the desert, “Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
4 And this
John had his clothes of camels hair, and a leathern
girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild
honey.
5 Then went, out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea,
and all the country about Jordan,
6 and they were baptized
by him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7 But
when he saw many of the pharisees and sadducees coming
to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of
vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits note becoming: penitents:
and do not note say within your selves,
9 “We have
Abraham for our father:” for I tell you, that God
is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
10 And now the ax is laid to the root of the trees; every
tree therefore, which yieldeth not good fruit, is cut
down and cast into the fire.
11 I indeed baptize you with
water unto repentance; but He that cometh after me,
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to
carry: He shall baptize you with the holy Spirit and
with fire.
12 Whose fan is in his hand, and He will
thoroughly cleanse his floor, and gather the wheat into
his granary, but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto
John, to be baptized by him: but John refused Him,
saying,
14 I have need to be baptized by thee, and
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comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto
him, Permit it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil
all righteousness.
16 Then he permitted Him. And Jesus
as soon as He was baptized came up from the water;
and behold, the heavens were opened unto Him, and he
saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming
upon Him:
17 and lo, a voice from note heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Worsley [1770], THE NEW TESTAMENT OR NEW COVENANT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated from the Greek ACCORDING TO The Present Idiom of the English Tongue. With NOTES and REFERENCES interspersed, as occasion required, to confirm and illustrate the more literal or various Renderings given at the bottom of each page; by which even they, who do not understand the Original, may often judge for themselves of the justness and propriety of the Translation. By the late Mr. JOHN WORSLEY, of Hertford (Printed by R. Hett, LONDON) [word count] [B18100].
