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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 3 New Heart English Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NHEB</a> > Matthew 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/2.htm" title="Matthew 2">◄</a> Matthew 3 <a href="../matthew/4.htm" title="Matthew 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">New Heart English Bible</div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and saying "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one who calls out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his roads straight.'" <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance, <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and do not think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?" <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it to happen now, for this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water; and look, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="//biblehub.com/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And look, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."<p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><a href="//nheb.net/">New Heart English Bible</a><br />Edited by Wayne A. 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