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¹ Now, in the fifteenth year of the supremacy of Tiberius Caesar, - Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and, Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanius, tetrarch of Abylene, - ² in the High-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, came a word of God unto John the son, of Zechariah, in rue desert;³ and he came into all the country about the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of repentance into remission of sins:⁴ as it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet: A voice of one crying aloud! In the desert, prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight, be making his paths;⁵ Every chasm, shall be filled up, and, every mountain and hill, be made low; and the, crooked, places shall become, straight, and the, rugged, places, smooth ways; - ⁶ And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.⁷ He was saying, therefore, unto the multitudes who were going forth to be immersed by him - Broods of vipers! who suggested to you, to flee from the coming wrath?⁸ Bring forth, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to be saying within yourselves, As our father, we have, Abraham; for, I say unto you - God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children unto Abraham.⁹ And, already, even the axe, unto the root of the trees is being laid; every tree, therefore, not bringing forth goodfruit, is to be hewn down, and, into fire, to be cast.¹⁰ And the multitude began to question him saying - What, then, shall we do?¹¹ And, answering, he said unto them - He that hath two tunics, let him share with him that hath none, and, he that hath food, in like manner, let him be doing.¹² And there came, even tax-collectors, to be immersed; and they said unto him - Teacher! what, shall we, do?¹³ And, he, said unto them, Nothing more than what is appointed you, exact ye.¹⁴ Then were questioning him, soldiers also, saying - What shall, even we, do? And he said unto them - Molest ye, no one, neither accuse falsely; and be content with your supplies.

¹⁵ Now, as the people were in expectation, and all were deliberating in their hearts, concerning John, - whether by any means, he, might be, the Christ,¹⁶ John answered, saying unto all - I, indeed, in water, am immersing you, but he that is mightier than I, cometh, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose, - he, will immerse you m Holy Spirit and fire:¹⁷ whose fan is in his hand, to clear out his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary; but, the chaff, will he burn up with fire unquenchable.¹⁸ So then indeed, as to many things and various, he exhorted, and continued telling his glad-message unto the people.¹⁹ But, Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the wicked things Herod had done,²⁰ added this also unto all, - he locked up John in prison.

²¹ Now it came to pass, when one and all the people were immersed, Jesus also, having been immersed, and being at prayer, heaven was opened;²² and the Holy Spirit descended, in bodily appearance, as a dove, upon him, - and, a voice out of heaven, came - Thou, art my Son, the Beloved, in thee, I delight.²³ And, Jesus himself, was, when he began, about thirty years of age, being the son, as was supposed - of Joseph, of Heli:²⁴ of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, - of Jannai, of Joseph:²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Nahum, - of Esli, of Naggai:²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semein, - of Josech, of Joda:²⁷ of Joanan, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, - of Salathiel, of Neri:²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, - of Elmadam, of Er:²⁹ of Jesus, of Eliezer, of Jorim, - of Matthat, of Levi:³⁰ of Symeon, of Judas, of Joseph, - of Jonam, of Eliakim:³¹ of Melea, of Menna, of Mattatha, - of Natham, of David:³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, - of Salmon, of Nashon:³³ of Amminadab, of Arni, of Hezron, - of Perez, of Judah:³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, - of Terah, of Nahor:³⁵ of Serug, of Reu, of Peleg, - of Eber, of Shelah:³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, - of Noah, of Lamech:³⁷ of Methuselah, of Enoch, of Jared, - of Mahalaleel, of Cainan:³⁸ of Enos, of Seth, - of Adam; of God.