<vn='1'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="1565">those</s><sn="2250">days</s><sn="3854">came</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="910">Baptist</s>, <sn="2784">preaching</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="3340">Repent</s> ye: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="3772">heaven</s> is at <sn="1448">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s> he that was spoken <sn="4483">of</s><sn="5259">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophet</s><sn="2268">Isaiah</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='4'><sn="1161">And</s> the <sn="846">same</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="2192">had</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="1742">raiment</s><sn="575">of</s><sn="2574">camel</s> 's <sn="2359">hair</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> a <sn="1193">leather</s><sn="2223">girdle</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3751">loins</s>; <sn="1161">and</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5160">meat</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="200">locusts</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="66">wild</s><sn="3192">honey</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5119">Then</s> went <sn="1607">out</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="2414">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s> region round <sn="4066">about</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s>, </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s> were <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s>, <sn="1843">confessing</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="1161">But</s> when he <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="4183">many</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4523">Sadducees</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="908">baptism</s>, he <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</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">meet</s> for <sn="3341">repentance</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1380">think</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='10'><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="3767">therefore</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="1186">tree</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='11'><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3303">indeed</s><sn="907">baptize</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="5204">water</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3341">repentance</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> he that <sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="3694">after</s><sn="3450">me</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="2478">mightier</s> than <sn="3450">I</s>, <sn="3739">whose</s><sn="5266">shoes</s> I <sn="1510">am</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2425">worthy</s> to <sn="941">bear</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='12'><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 throughly <sn="1245">purge</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="257">floor</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4863">gather</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4621">wheat</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="596">garner</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> he will burn <sn="2618">up</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="892">chaff</s> with <sn="762">unquenchable</s><sn="4442">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="5119">Then</s><sn="3854">cometh</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s><sn="1909">to</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="2491">John</s>, to be <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="1254">forbade</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="5532">need</s> to be <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="4675">thee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2064">comest</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3165">me</s>? </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="611">answering</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="863">Suffer</s><i> it </i><i> to </i><i> be </i><i> so </i><sn="737">now</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3779">thus</s><sn="*2076">it</s><sn="4241">becometh</s><sn="2254">us</s> to <sn="4137">fulfill</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="1343">righteousness</s>. <sn="5119">Then</s> he <sn="863">suffered</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, when he was <sn="907">baptized</s>, went <sn="305">up</s><sn="2117">straightway</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5204">water</s>: <sn="2532">and</s>, <sn="2400">lo</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s> were <sn="455">opened</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2597">descending</s><sn="5616">like</s> a <sn="4058">dove</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2064">lighting</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>: </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2400">lo</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="3778">This</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3739">whom</s> I am well <sn="2106">pleased</s>. </v>