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\subsection{\Matthew 3}
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\subsubsection{The Ministry of \John the Baptist}
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\VS{1} Now in those days \John the Baptist comes preaching in the wilderness of
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\\Judea
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\VS{2} saying: Be repenting, for the kingdom of the heavens is at
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hand.
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\VS{3} For this is he, the [one] spoken of through Isaiah the prophet when
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he says\footnote{Isa.40:3}:
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\begin{verse}
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The voice of [one] \\
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Crying in the wilderness, \\
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Prepare the way of the Lord, \\
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Be making his paths straight.
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\end{verse}
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\VS{4} Now \John himself was having his clothing from camel hairs and [an] animal
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skin girdle around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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\VS{5} At that time Jerusalem and all \\Judea and all the surrounding country
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of \Jordan were coming to him
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\VS{6} and were being baptized in the \Jordan
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River by him, fully confessing their sins.
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\VS{7} And having seen many of
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the Pharisees and Sadducees coming up to his baptism, he said to them: [You] born
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of vipers, who has shown you to be fleeing from the impending wrath?
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\VS{8} Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance.
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\VS{9} And do not suppose to
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be saying among yourselves: [the] father we have [is] \Abraam. For I say to you that
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God is able out of these stones to raise up children of \Abraam.
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\VS{10} Now
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the ax already lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that is
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not producing good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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\VS{11} I on
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the one hand baptize you in water to repentance. But on the other hand the
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[one] coming after me is greater than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to touch.
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He himself will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
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\VS{12} whose
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threshing fork [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his
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threshing-floor, and he will gather his grain into the storehouse, but the
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chaff he will burn in unquenchable fire.
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\subsubsection{The Baptism of \Iesous}
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\VS{13} At that time \Iesous comes to the \Jordan to \John to be baptized by
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him.
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\VS{14} But he was hindering him saying: I have need to be baptized by
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you, and you come to me?
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\VS{15} And answering \Iesous said to him: Permit it
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just now, for thus it is [a] fitting thing for us to fulfill all justice. Then
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he permitted him.
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\VS{16} And \Iesous having been baptized, immediately he
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came out from the water, and behold the heavens were opened, and he saw the
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spirit of God coming down like [a] dove, coming upon him.
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\VS{17} And behold
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[a] voice out of the heavens said: This is my agape-beloved son, in whom I am
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well-pleased.
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