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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 BLB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="../">BLB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/berean/matthew/3.htm" width="100%" height="32" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Berean Literal Bible</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The Mission of John the Baptist<br /><span class="cross">(Isaiah 40:1-5; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-20; John 1:19-28)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now in those days John the Baptist comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For this is the <i>one</i> having been spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying,</p><p class="indent1stline">“<i>A</i> voice of one crying in the wilderness:</p><p class="indent2">‘Prepare the way of <i>the</i> Lord;</p><p class="indent2"> make straight His paths.’”<span class="fn"><a href="#fna" title="Isaiah 40:3">a</a></span> </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And John himself had his garment of camel’s hair, and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>At that time were going out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and confessing their sins, were being baptized by him in the Jordan River. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And do not presume to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham <i>as</i> father.’ For I say to you that out of these stones God is able to raise up children unto Abraham. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Already now the ax is applied to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into <i>the</i> fire. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I indeed baptize you with<span class="fn"><a href="#fnb" title="Or ‘in water... in the Holy Spirit’">b</a></span> water unto repentance, but after me is coming He <i>who</i> is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to carry the sandals. He will baptize you with <i>the</i> Holy Spirit and with fire, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>whose winnowing fork <i>is</i> in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and will gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” </p><p class="hdg">The Baptism of Jesus<br /><span class="cross">(Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34)</span></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then Jesus comes from Galilee to 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 hindering Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But Jesus answering, said unto him, <span class="red">“Permit <i>it</i> presently; for thus it is fitting to us to fulfill all righteousness.”</span> Then he permits Him. </p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And immediately, having been baptized, Jesus went up from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened<span class="fn"><a href="#fnc" title="NA, BYZ, and TR include ‘to Him’">c</a></span> and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and alighting upon Him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, “This is my Son, the beloved, in whom I was well pleased.”<A name="fn"><br /><br /></p><A name="fna"></a><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnote">Isaiah 40:3</span><br /><A name="fnb"></a><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnote">Or <i>in water ... in the Holy Spirit</i></span><br /><A name="fnc"></a><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnote">NA, BYZ, and TR include <i>to Him</i></span><br /><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible<br /><a href="//berean.bible">www.Berean.Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="//literalbible.com">Berean Literal Bible (BLB)</a><br />© 2016 by <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="//berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a><br />Used by Permission. 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