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<a href="../mark/1.htm">Mark 1:1-8</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm">Luke 3:1-20</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#19">John 1:19-28</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and saying, ‘Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And this John had his clothing of camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have — Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>‘I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.’</p> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Baptism of Jesus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/1.htm#9">Mark 1:9-11</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm#21">Luke 3:21-22</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#29">John 1:29-34</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>but John was forbidding him, saying, ‘I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Jesus answering said to him, ‘Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,’ then he doth suffer him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, ‘This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.’</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/matthew/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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