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Make his paths straight!'" <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then the people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region along the Jordan began flocking to him, <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">being baptized by him in the Jordan River while they confessed their sins.<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when John saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he told them, "You children of serpents! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones! <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The ax already lies against the roots of the trees. So every tree that isn't producing good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">I am baptizing you with water as evidence of repentance, but the one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. It is he who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His winnowing fork is in his hand. He will clean up his threshing floor and gather his grain into the barn, but he will burn the chaff with inextinguishable fire."<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. <td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"<td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But Jesus answered him, "Let it be this way for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness." At this, he permitted him to be baptized.<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him. <td width="50%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him!"<td width="50%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”</span></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="copy" width="50%">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.</td><td class="copy" width="50%">ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="//www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. 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