InthosedayscameJohntheBaptist, preachinginthewildernessof Judea, Andsaying, Repentye: forthekingdomof heavenis at hand. Forthisishe that was spoken ofbytheprophetIsaiah, saying, The voiceof one cryinginthewilderness, Prepareye thewayof the Lord, makehispathsstraight. Andthe sameJohnhadhisraimentofcamel's hair, anda leathergirdleabouthisloins; andhismeatwaslocustsandwildhoney. Thenwent outtohimJerusalem, andallJudea, andalltheregion round aboutJordan, Andwere baptizedofhiminJordan, confessingtheirsins. Butwhen he sawmanyof thePhariseesandSadduceescometohisbaptism, he saidunto them, O generationof vipers, whohath warnedyouto fleefromthewrathto come? Bring forththereforefruitsmeetfor repentance: Andthinknotto saywithinyourselves, We haveAbrahamto our father: forI sayunto you, thatGodis ableofthesestonesto raise upchildrenunto Abraham. Andnowalsotheaxeis laiduntotherootof thetrees: thereforeeverytreewhich bringeth not forthgoodfruitis hewn down, andcastintothe fire. Iindeedbaptizeyouwithwateruntorepentance: buthe that comethaftermeismightierthan I, whoseshoesI amnotworthyto bear: heshall baptizeyouwiththe HolyGhost, and with fire: Whosefan is inhishand, andhe will throughly purgehisfloor, andgatherhiswheatintothegarner; buthe will burn upthechaffwith unquenchablefire. ThencomethJesusfromGalileetoJordanuntoJohn, to be baptizedofhim. ButJohnforbadehim, saying, Ihaveneedto be baptizedofthee, andcomestthoutome? AndJesusansweringsaiduntohim, Suffer it to be so now: forthusitbecomethus to fulfillallrighteousness. Thenhe sufferedhim. AndJesus, when he was baptized, went upstraightwayout ofthewater: and, lo, theheavenswere openedunto him, andhe sawtheSpiritof Goddescendinglikea dove, andlightinguponhim: Andloa voicefromheaven, saying, ThisismybelovedSon, inwhomI am well pleased.