Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James Version
In those days John the Baptist came
, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
In those days came
John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
and saying, “
Repent ,
for the kingdom of heaven is near
. ”
And saying, Repent ye:
for the kingdom of heaven is at
hand
.
This is he who
was spoken of through
the prophet Isaiah:
“A
voice of one calling
in the wilderness, ‘
Prepare the way for
the Lord, make straight
paths for
Him
. ’”
For
this is he that
was spoken of by
the prophet Esaias,
saying,
The
voice of one crying
in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of
the Lord, make his
paths straight
.
John wore
a
garment
of camel’s
hair, with
a leather
belt
around
his waist.
His food
was locusts and wild honey.
And
the
same
John had
his
raiment
of camel's
hair, and
a leathern
girdle
about
his loins;
and
his meat
was locusts and wild honey.
People
went out to him from
Jerusalem and all Judea
and the whole
region around
the
Jordan .
Then
went out to him Jerusalem ,
and all Judaea,
and all
the region round
about
Jordan ,
Confessing
their
sins,
they
were baptized by
him in the
Jordan River
.
And
were baptized of
him in Jordan ,
confessing
their
sins
.
But when John
saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
to his place
of
baptism, he said to
them, “You
brood
of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming
wrath?
But when he
saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come
to his baptism, he said unto
them, O
generation
of vipers, who hath
warned you to flee from the wrath to
come
?
Produce
fruit,
then,
in
keeping
with
repentance .
Bring
forth
therefore
fruits
meet
for
repentance :
And do
not presume
to say to
yourselves, ‘
We have Abraham as
our father .’
For I tell
you that out
of these stones God
can
raise up children for
Abraham.
And think
not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to
our father :
for I say
unto
you ,
that God
is
able
of these stones to
raise up children unto
Abraham.
The axe lies
ready
at
the root of the trees ,
and
every tree that
does
not produce
good fruit will
be
cut
down and thrown
into the fire.
And
now
also
the axe is
laid
unto
the root of the trees :
therefore
every tree which
bringeth
not forth
good fruit is
hewn
down ,
and cast
into the fire.
I baptize you with water for
repentance ,
but after me will
come
One
more
powerful
than I, whose sandals
I am not worthy to carry.
He will
baptize you with the Holy Spirit
and with fire .
I indeed
baptize you with water unto
repentance :
but he
that
cometh
after me is
mightier
than I, whose shoes
I am not worthy to bear:
he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost,
and with fire :
His
winnowing
fork
is in His hand to
clear
His threshing
floor and to
gather His wheat into the barn
; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. ”
Whose
fan
is in his hand ,
and
he
will
throughly
purge
his floor ,
and gather his wheat into the garner
; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
At
that
time
Jesus came
from Galilee to the
Jordan to be baptized by
John
.
Then
cometh
Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto
John,
to be baptized of
him
.
But John tried
to
prevent
Him, saying, “
I need to be baptized by
You
, and do
You
come
to me? ”
But John forbad
him, saying, I have
need to be baptized of
thee
, and comest
thou
to me?
“Let
it be so now ,”
Jesus
replied.
“It
is
fitting
for us to fulfill
all righteousness in
this
way
. ”
Then John
permitted
Him.
And
Jesus
answering
said
unto
him,
Suffer
it to
be so now :
for thus
it
becometh
us to fulfil
all righteousness. Then he
suffered
him.
As
soon
as
Jesus was baptized, He
went up out of the water .
Suddenly
the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting
on
Him .
And
Jesus ,
when
he
was baptized, went up straightway
out of the water :
and,
lo,
the heavens were opened unto
him
, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove ,
and lighting
upon
him :
And a voice from heaven said
, “
This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased !”
And lo
a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased .
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