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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God's word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6and everyone will see the salvation of God. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don't start saying to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"What then should we do?" the crowds were asking him. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He replied to them, "The one who has two shirts must share with someone who has none, and the one who has food must do the same." |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He told them, "Don't collect any more than what you have been authorized." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Some soldiers also questioned him, "What should we do?" He said to them, "Don't take money from anyone by force or false accusation, and be satisfied with your wages." |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Now the people were waiting expectantly, and all of them were questioning in their hearts whether John might be the Messiah. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I am is coming. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17His winnowing shovel is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Then, along with many other exhortations, he proclaimed good news to the people. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the evil things he had done, |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Herod added this to everything else--he locked up John in prison. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As he was praying, heaven opened, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased." |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23As he began his ministry, Jesus was about thirty years old and was thought to be the son of Joseph, son of Heli, |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai, |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26son of Maath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27son of Joanan, son of Rhesa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28son of Melchi, son of Addi, son of Cosam, son of Elmadam, son of Er, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29son of Joshua, son of Eliezer, son of Jorim, son of Matthat, son of Levi, |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31son of Melea, son of Menna, son of Mattatha, son of Nathan, son of David, |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32son of Jesse, son of Obed, son of Boaz, son of Salmon, son of Nahshon, |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33son of Amminadab, son of Ram, son of Hezron, son of Perez, son of Judah, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham, son of Terah, son of Nahor, |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35son of Serug, son of Reu, son of Peleg, son of Eber, son of Shelah, |
| 36[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 36son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech, |
| 37[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 37son of Methuselah, son of Enoch, son of Jared, son of Mahalalel, son of Cainan, |
| 38[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 38son of Enos, son of Seth, son of Adam, son of God. |
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