<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4003">fifteenth</s><sn="2094">year</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2231">reign</s> of <sn="5086">Tiberius</s><sn="2541">Caesar</s>, <sn="4194">Pontius</s><sn="4091">Pilate</s> being <sn="2230">governor</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2264">Herod</s> being <sn="5075">tetrarch</s> of <sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="1161">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="5376">Philip</s><sn="5075">tetrarch</s> of <sn="2484">Ituraea</s><sn="2532">and</s> of the <sn="5561">region</s> of <sn="5139">Trachonitis</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3078">Lysanias</s> the <sn="5075">tetrarch</s> of <sn="9">Abilene</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="452">Annas</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2533">Caiaphas</s> being the high <sn="1909 749">priests</s>, the <sn="4487">word</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1096">came</s><sn="1909">unto</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">son</s> of <sn="2197">Zacharias</s><sn="2197">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s> country <sn="4066">about</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s>, <sn="2784">preaching</s> the <sn="908">baptism</s> of <sn="3341">repentance</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="859">remission</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5613">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="976">book</s> of the <sn="3056">words</s> of <sn="2268">Isaiah</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, The <sn="5456">voice</s> of one <sn="994">crying</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s>, <sn="2090">Prepare</s> ye <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="4160">make</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5147">paths</s><sn="2117">straight</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3956">Every</s><sn="5327">valley</s> shall be <sn="4137">filled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="3735">mountain</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1015">hill</s> shall be brought <sn="5013">low</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4646">crooked</s> shall be <sn="2071">made</s><sn="2117">straight</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s> rough <sn="5138">ways</s> shall <sn="*1519 3598">be</s> made <sn="3006">smooth</s>; </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="4561">flesh</s> shall <sn="3700">see</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4992">salvation</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3767">Then</s><sn="3004">said</s> he to the <sn="3793">multitude</s> that came <sn="1607">forth</s> to be <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="846">him</s>, O <sn="1081">generation</s> of <sn="2191">vipers</s>, <sn="5101">who</s> hath <sn="5263">warned</s><sn="5213">you</s> to <sn="5343">flee</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3709">wrath</s> to <sn="3195">come</s>? </v>
<vn='8'>Bring <sn="4160">forth</s><sn="3767">therefore</s><sn="2590">fruits</s><sn="514">worthy</s> of <sn="3341">repentance</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="756">begin</s><sn="3361">not</s> to <sn="3004">say</s><sn="1722">within</s><sn="1438">yourselves</s>, We <sn="2192">have</s><sn="11">Abraham</s> to our <sn="3962">father</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> I <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="3754">That</s><sn="2316">God</s> is <sn="1410">able</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="5130">these</s><sn="3037">stones</s> to raise <sn="1453">up</s><sn="5043">children</s> unto <sn="11">Abraham</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2235">now</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="513">axe</s> is <sn="2749">laid</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4491">root</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1186">trees</s>: <sn="3956">every</s><sn="1186">tree</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> which bringeth not <sn="4160 3361">forth</s><sn="2570">good</s><sn="2590">fruit</s> is hewn <sn="1581">down</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="906">cast</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="4442">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3793">people</s><sn="1905">asked</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="5101">What</s> shall we <sn="4160">do</s><sn="3767">then</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="*1161">He</s><sn="611">answereth</s> and <sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, He that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="1417">two</s><sn="5509">coats</s>, let him <sn="3330">impart</s> to him that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3361">none</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="1033">meat</s>, let him <sn="4160">do</s><sn="3668">likewise</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="5057">publicans</s> to be <sn="907">baptized</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1320">Master</s>, <sn="5101">what</s> shall we <sn="4160">do</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="4238">Exact</s><sn="3367">no</s><sn="4119">more</s><sn="3844">than</s> that which is <sn="1299">appointed</s><sn="5213">you</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">And</s> the <sn="4754">soldiers</s><sn="2532">likewise</s><sn="1905">demanded</s> of <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="2532">And</s><sn="5101">what</s> shall <sn="2248">we</s><sn="4160">do</s>? <sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">them</s>, Do <sn="1286">violence</s> to no <sn="3367">man</s>, <sn="3366">neither</s> accuse any <sn="4811">falsely</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> be <sn="714">content</s> with <sn="5216">your</s><sn="3800">wages</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">And</s> as <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> were in <sn="4328">expectation</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> all <sn="3956">men</s><sn="1260">mused</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="2588">hearts</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="2491">John</s>, whether he were the Christ, or <sn="3379 846 1498 3588 5547">not</s>; </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2491">John</s><sn="611">answered</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s> unto them <sn="537">all</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="3303">indeed</s><sn="907">baptize</s><sn="5209">you</s> with <sn="5204">water</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> one <sn="2478">mightier</s> than <sn="3450">I</s><sn="2064">cometh</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2438">latchet</s> of <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="5266">shoes</s> I <sn="1510">am</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2425">worthy</s> to <sn="3089">unloose</s>: <sn="846">he</s> shall <sn="907">baptize</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="2532">and</s> with <sn="4442">fire</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="3739">Whose</s><sn="4425">fan</s> is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5495">hand</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> he will thoroughly <sn="1245">purge</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="257">floor</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> will <sn="4863">gather</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4621">wheat</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="596">garner</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="892">chaff</s> he will <sn="2618">burn</s> with <sn="4442">fire</s><sn="762">unquenchable</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4183">many</s> other <sn="2087">things</s> in his <sn="3870">exhortation</s><sn="2097">preached</s> he unto <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2264">Herod</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5076">tetrarch</s>, being <sn="1651">reproved</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="2266">Herodias</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="5376">Philip</s> 's <sn="1135">wife</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="3956">all</s> the <sn="4190">evils</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2264">Herod</s> had <sn="4160">done</s>, </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4369">Added</s><sn="2532">yet</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="1909">above</s><sn="3956">all</s>, <sn="2532">that</s> he shut <sn="2623">up</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5438">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">Now</s> when <sn="537">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2992">people</s> were <sn="907">baptized</s>, it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2532">also</s> being <sn="907">baptized</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4336">praying</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heaven</s> was <sn="455">opened</s>, </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s><sn="2597">descended</s> in a <sn="4984">bodily</s><sn="1491">shape</s><sn="5616">like</s> a <sn="4058">dove</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="1096">came</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, which <sn="3004">said</s>, <sn="4771">Thou</s><sn="1488">art</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="5207">Son</s>; <sn="1722">in</s><sn="4671">thee</s> I am well <sn="2106">pleased</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="846">himself</s><sn="756">began</s> to <sn="2258">be</s><sn="5616">about</s> thirty years of <sn="5144 2094">age</s><sn="5607">being</s> ( <sn="5613">as</s> was <sn="3543">supposed</s> ) <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">son</s> of <sn="2501">Joseph</s>, which was the son of <sn="2242">Heli</s>, </v>
<vn='24'>Which was the son of <sn="3158">Matthat</s>, which was the son of <sn="3017">Levi</s>, which was the son of <sn="3197">Melchi</s>, which was the son of <sn="2388">Janna</s>, which was the son of <sn="2501">Joseph</s>, </v>
<vn='25'>Which was the son of <sn="3161">Mattathias</s>, which was the son of <sn="301">Amos</s>, which was the son of <sn="3486">Naum</s>, which was the son of <sn="2069">Esli</s>, which was the son of <sn="3477">Nagge</s>, </v>
<vn='26'>Which was the son of <sn="3092">Maath</s>, which was the son of <sn="3161">Mattathias</s>, which was the son of <sn="4584">Semei</s>, which was the son of <sn="2501">Joseph</s>, which was the son of <sn="2455">Judah</s>, </v>
<vn='27'>Which was the son of <sn="2490">Joanna</s>, which was the son of <sn="4488">Rhesa</s>, which was the son of <sn="2216">Zorobabel</s>, which was the son of <sn="4528">Shealtiel</s>, which was the son of <sn="3518">Neri</s>, </v>
<vn='28'>Which was the son of <sn="3197">Melchi</s>, which was the son of <sn="78">Addi</s>, which was the son of <sn="2973">Cosam</s>, which was the son of <sn="1678">Elmodam</s>, which was the son of <sn="2262">Er</s>, </v>
<vn='29'>Which was the son of <sn="2499">Jose</s>, which was the son of <sn="1663">Eliezer</s>, which was the son of <sn="2497">Jorim</s>, which was the son of <sn="3158">Matthat</s>, which was the son of <sn="3017">Levi</s>, </v>
<vn='30'>Which was the son of <sn="4826">Simeon</s>, which was the son of <sn="2455">Judah</s>, which was the son of <sn="2501">Joseph</s>, which was the son of <sn="2494">Jonan</s>, which was the son of <sn="1662">Eliakim</s>, </v>
<vn='31'>Which was the son of <sn="3190">Melea</s>, which was the son of <sn="3104">Menan</s>, which was the son of <sn="3160">Mattatha</s>, which was the son of <sn="3481">Nathan</s>, which was the son of <sn="1138">David</s>, </v>
<vn='32'>Which was the son of <sn="2421">Jesse</s>, which was the son of <sn="5601">Obed</s>, which was the son of <sn="1003">Boaz</s>, which was the son of <sn="4533">Salmon</s>, which was the son of <sn="3476">Naasson</s>, </v>
<vn='33'>Which was the son of <sn="284">Aminadab</s>, which was the son of <sn="689">Aram</s>, which was the son of <sn="2074">Esrom</s>, which was the son of <sn="5329">Phares</s>, which was the son of <sn="2455">Judah</s>, </v>
<vn='34'>Which was the son of <sn="2384">Jacob</s>, which was the son of <sn="2464">Isaac</s>, which was the son of <sn="11">Abraham</s>, which was the son of <sn="2291">Terah</s>, which was the son of <sn="3493">Nahor</s>, </v>
<vn='35'>Which was the son of <sn="4562">Serug</s>, which was the son of <sn="4466">Reu</s>, which was the son of <sn="5317">Phalec</s>, which was the son of <sn="1443">Heber</s>, which was the son of <sn="4527">Sala</s>, </v>
<vn='36'>Which was the son of <sn="2536">Cainan</s>, which was the son of <sn="742">Arphaxad</s>, which was the son of <sn="4590">Shem</s>, which was the son of <sn="3575">Noah</s>, which was the son of <sn="2984">Lamech</s>, </v>
<vn='37'>Which was the son of <sn="3103">Methuselah</s>, which was the son of <sn="1802">Enoch</s>, which was the son of <sn="2391">Jared</s>, which was the son of <sn="3121">Maleleel</s>, which was the son of <sn="2536">Cainan</s>, </v>
<vn='38'>Which was the son of <sn="1800">Enos</s>, which was the son of <sn="4589">Seth</s>, which was the son of <sn="76">Adam</s>, which was the son of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>