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In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.
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And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,
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John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
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In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out.
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And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people;
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But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,
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