KJV + Strong's The Mission of John the Baptist
(Isaiah 40:1-5;Matthew 3:1-12;Mark 1:1-8;John 1:19-28) 1Nowinthe fifteenthyearof the reignof TiberiusCaesar,PontiusPilatebeing governorof Judaea,andHerodbeing tetrarchof Galilee,andhisbrotherPhiliptetrarchof Ituraeaandof the regionof Trachonitis,andLysaniasthe tetrarchof Abilene,2AnnasandCaiaphasbeingthe high priests,the wordof GodcameuntoJohnthe sonof Zachariasinthe wilderness.3Andhe cameintoallthe country aboutJordan,preachingthe baptismof repentanceforthe remissionof sins; 4Asit is writteninthe bookof the wordsof Esaiasthe prophet,saying,The voiceof one cryinginthe wilderness,Prepare yethe wayof the Lord,makehispathsstraight. 5Everyvalleyshall befilled,andeverymountainandhillshall be brought low;andthe crookedshall be madestraight,andthe roughways[shall be] madesmooth; 6Andallfleshshall seethe salvationof God. 7Thensaidhe to the multitudethat came forth{5734} to be baptizedofhim,O generationof vipers,whohath warnedyouto fleefromthe wrathto come?8Bring forththereforefruitsworthyof repentance,andbeginnotto saywithinyourselves,We haveAbrahamto [our] father:forI sayunto you,ThatGodis ableofthesestonesto raise upchildrenunto Abraham.9Andnowalsothe axeis laiduntothe rootof the trees:everytreethereforewhich bringethnotforthgoodfruitis hewn down,andcastintothe fire. 10Andthe peopleaskedhim,saying,Whatshall we dothen?11He answerethandsaithunto them,He that hathtwocoats,let him impartto him that hathnone;andhe that hathmeat,let him dolikewise.12Thencamealsopublicansto be baptized,andsaiduntohim,Master,whatshall we do?13Andhe saiduntothem,Exactnomorethanthat which is appointedyou.14Andthe soldierslikewisedemandedof him,saying,Andwhatshall wedo?Andhe saiduntothem,Do violenceto no man,neitheraccuse [any] falsely;andbe contentwith yourwages. 15Andas the peoplewere in expectation,andall menmusedintheirheartsofJohn,whetherhewerethe Christ,or not;16Johnanswered,sayingunto [them] all,Iindeedbaptizeyouwith water;butone mightier thanIcometh,the latchetof whoseshoesI amnotworthyto unloose:heshall baptizeyouwiththe HolyGhostandwith fire:17Whosefan[is] inhishand,andhe will throughly purgehisfloor,andwill gatherthe wheatintohisgarner;butthe chaffhe will burnwith fireunquenchable. 18Andmanyotherthingsin his exhortationpreachedhe unto the people.19ButHerodthe tetrarch,being reprovedbyhimforHerodiashisbrotherPhilip'swife,andforallthe evilswhichHerodhad done,20Addedyetthisaboveall,thathe shut upJohninprison. The Baptism of Jesus
(Matthew 3:13-17;Mark 1:9-11;John 1:29-34) 21Nowwhen allthe peoplewere baptized,it came to pass,that Jesusalsobeing baptized,andpraying,the heavenwas opened,22Andthe HolyGhostdescendedin a bodilyshapelikea doveuponhim,anda voicecamefromheaven,which said,ThouartmybelovedSon;intheeI am well pleased. The Genealogy of Jesus
(Ruth 4:18-22;Matthew 1:1-17) 23AndJesushimselfbeganto beaboutthirtyyears of age,being(aswas supposed) the sonof Joseph,which was [the son] of Heli,24Which was [the son] of Matthat,which was [the son] of Levi,which was [the son] of Melchi,which was [the son] of Janna,which was [the son] of Joseph,25Which was [the son] of Mattathias,which was [the son] of Amos,which was [the son] of Naum,which was [the son] of Esli,which was [the son] of Nagge,26Which was [the son] of Maath,which was [the son] of Mattathias,which was [the son] of Semei,which was [the son] of Joseph,which was [the son] of Juda,27Which was [the son] of Joanna,which was [the son] of Rhesa,which was [the son] of Zorobabel,which was [the son] of Salathiel,which was [the son] of Neri,28Which was [the son] of Melchi,which was [the son] of Addi,which was [the son] of Cosam,which was [the son] of Elmodam,which was [the son] of Er,29Which was [the son] of Jose,which was [the son] of Eliezer,which was [the son] of Jorim,which was [the son] of Matthat,which was [the son] of Levi,30Which was [the son] of Simeon,which was [the son] of Juda,which was [the son] of Joseph,which was [the son] of Jonan,which was [the son] of Eliakim,31Which was [the son] of Melea,which was [the son] of Menan,which was [the son] of Mattatha,which was [the son] of Nathan,which was [the son] of David,32Which was [the son] of Jesse,which was [the son] of Obed,which was [the son] of Booz,which was [the son] of Salmon,which was [the son] of Naasson,33Which was [the son] of Aminadab,which was [the son] of Aram,which was [the son] of Esrom,which was [the son] of Phares,which was [the son] of Juda,34Which was [the son] of Jacob,which was [the son] of Isaac,which was [the son] of Abraham,which was [the son] of Thara,which was [the son] of Nachor,35Which was [the son] of Saruch,which was [the son] of Ragau,which was [the son] of Phalec,which was [the son] of Heber,which was [the son] of Sala,36Which was [the son] of Cainan,which was [the son] of Arphaxad,which was [the son] of Sem,which was [the son] of Noe,which was [the son] of Lamech,37Which was [the son] of Mathusala,which was [the son] of Enoch,which was [the son] of Jared,which was [the son] of Maleleel,which was [the son] of Cainan,38Which was [the son] of Enos,which was [the son] of Seth,which was [the son] of Adam,which was [the son] of God. |
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