Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
in those days cometh
John the Baptist, proclaiming
in the wilderness of Judea
,
In those days came
John the Baptist, preaching
in the wilderness of Judaea
,
and saying, `Reform,
for come
nigh
hath
the reign
of the
heavens,'
And saying, Repent
ye:
for the kingdom
of heaven
is
at
hand.
for this is he who
was spoken of by Isaiah
the prophet, saying, `A
voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight
make ye
His paths. '
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
.
And this
John had his clothing
of camel's hair, and a girdle of
skin
round
his loins ,
and his nourishment
was locusts and honey of
the
field
.
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.
Then were
going
forth
unto
him Jerusalem, and all Judea
, and all the region round about the
Jordan,
Then went
out
to
him Jerusalem, and all Judaea
, and all the region round about Jordan,
and they
were baptized in the
Jordan by
him
, confessing their sins.
And were baptized of
him
in Jordan, confessing their sins.
And
having
seen
many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming
about
his baptism, he said to
them, `Brood
of vipers !
who did
shew
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
?
bear,
therefore ,
fruits worthy
of
the
reformation,
Bring
forth
therefore fruits meet
for
repentance:
and do
not
think to say in
yourselves, A
father
we have --
Abraham ,
for I say to
you, that God is able out
of these stones to raise children to
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 .
and now also ,
the axe unto the root of the trees is
laid,
every tree therefore
not bearing
good fruit is hewn down, and to
fire
is
cast.
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 indeed do
baptize you with water to
reformation,
but he who
after me is coming
is
mightier than I, of
whom
I am not worthy to bear the
sandals,
he shall 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 :
whose fan `
is '
in his hand, and he will thoroughly
cleanse
his floor, and will
gather his wheat to
the storehouse,
but the
chaff
he will burn with fire
unquenchable. '
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
.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon
the
Jordan ,
unto John to be baptized by
him ,
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to
Jordan unto John ,
to be baptized of
him .
but John was
forbidding
him, saying, `
I have need by
thee
to be baptized --
and thou dost
come
unto
me !'
But John forbad
him, saying, I have need to be baptized of
thee,
and comest
thou to
me ?
But
Jesus answering said to
him, `
Suffer now ,
for thus it is
becoming
to
us to fulfill
all righteousness ,'
then he doth
suffer
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.
And having
been
baptized, Jesus
went up immediately
from
the water ,
and lo, opened
to
him
were
the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as
a dove, and coming
upon 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 lo ,
a voice out
of
the
heavens
, saying, `
This is My Son
--
the
Beloved, in whom I did
delight
. '
And lo a voice from
heaven
, saying, This is my beloved Son
, in whom I am
well
pleased
.
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