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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Preaching of John the Baptist</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 1:1-8">Mark 1.1-8</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 3:1-18">Luke 3.1-18</ref>; <ref loc="JHN 1:19-28">John 1.19-28</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.1" class="v40_3_1">1</span>At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching. </span><span class="v40_3_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.2" class="v40_3_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Turn away from your sins,” he said, “because the Kingdom of heaven is near!” </span><span class="v40_3_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.3" class="v40_3_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v40_3_3">“Someone is shouting in the desert,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_3_3">‘Prepare a road for the Lord;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v40_3_3">make a straight path for him to travel!’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.4" class="v40_3_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. </span><span class="v40_3_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.5" class="v40_3_5">5</span>People came to him from Jerusalem, from the whole province of Judea, and from all over the country near the Jordan River. </span><span class="v40_3_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.6" class="v40_3_6">6</span>They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.7" class="v40_3_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> When John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to be baptized, he said to them, “You snakes—who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? </span><span class="v40_3_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.8" class="v40_3_8">8</span>Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. </span><span class="v40_3_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.9" class="v40_3_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham! </span><span class="v40_3_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.10" class="v40_3_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire. </span><span class="v40_3_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.11" class="v40_3_11">11</span>I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. </span><span class="v40_3_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.12" class="v40_3_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He has his winnowing shovel with him to thresh out all the grain. He will gather his wheat into his barn, but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Baptism of Jesus</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="MRK 1:9-11">Mark 1.9-11</ref>; <ref loc="LUK 3:21">Luke 3.21</ref>,<ref loc="LUK 3:22">22</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.13" class="v40_3_13">13</span>At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. </span><span class="v40_3_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.14" class="v40_3_14">14</span>But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptized by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.15" class="v40_3_15">15</span>But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_3_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.16" class="v40_3_16">16</span>As soon as Jesus was baptized, he came up out of the water. Then heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and lighting on him. </span><span class="v40_3_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.3.17" class="v40_3_17">17</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.3.17!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then a voice said from heaven, “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am pleased.”</span></p></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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