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Now in the
fifteenth year of the
reign of
Tiberius Caesar, when
Pontius Pilate was
governor of
Judea, and
Herod was
tetrarch of
Galilee, and his
brother Philip was
tetrarch of the
region of
Ituraea and
Trachonitis, and
Lysanias was
tetrarch of
Abilene,
jEn PREP e~tei N-DSN de; CONJ pentekaidekavtw/ A-DSN th'? T-GSF hJgemoniva? N-GSF Tiberivou N-GSM Kaivsaro?, N-GSM hJgemoneuvonto? V-PAP-GSM Pontivou N-GSM Pilavtou N-GSM th'? T-GSF #Ioudaiva?, N-GSF kai; CONJ tetraarcou'nto? V-PAP-GSM th'? T-GSF Galilaiva? N-GSF JHrwv/dou, N-GSM Filivppou N-GSM de; CONJ tou' T-GSM ajdelfou' N-GSM aujtou' P-GSM tetraarcou'nto? V-PAP-GSM th'? T-GSF #Itouraiva? A-GSF kai; CONJ Tracwnivtido? N-GSF cwvra?, N-GSF kai; CONJ Lusanivou N-GSM th'? T-GSF #Abilhnh'? N-GSF tetraarcou'nto?, V-PAP-GSM
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in the
high priesthood of
Annas and
Caiaphas, the
word of
God came to
John, the
son of
Zacharias, in the
wilderness.
ejpi; PREP ajrcierevw? N-GSM &anna N-GSM kai; CONJ Kai>avfa, N-GSM ejgevneto V-2ADI-3S rJh'ma N-NSN qeou' N-GSM ejpi; PREP #Iwavnnhn N-ASM to;n T-ASM Zacarivou N-GSM uiJo;n N-ASM ejn PREP th'/ T-DSF ejrhvmw/. A-DSF
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And he
came into
all the
district around the
Jordan,
preaching a
baptism of
repentance for the
forgiveness of
sins;
kai; CONJ h\lqen V-2AAI-3S eij? PREP pa'san A-ASF ?th;n? T-ASF perivcwron A-ASF tou' T-GSM #Iordavnou N-GSM khruvsswn V-PAP-NSM bavptisma N-ASN metanoiva? N-GSF eij? PREP a~fesin N-ASF aJmartiw'n, N-GPF
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as it is
written in the
book of the
words of
Isaiah the
prophet, "THE
VOICE OF ONE
CRYING IN THE
WILDERNESS,
'MAKE READY THE
WAY OF THE
LORD,
MAKE HIS
PATHS STRAIGHT.
wJ? ADV gevgraptai V-RPI-3S ejn PREP bivblw/ N-DSF lovgwn N-GPM #Hsai?ou N-GSM tou' T-GSM profhvtou, N-GSM Fwnh; N-NSF bow'nto? V-PAP-GSM ejn PREP th'/ T-DSF ejrhvmw/, A-DSF JEtoimavsate V-AAM-2P th;n T-ASF oJdo;n N-ASF kurivou, N-GSM eujqeiva? A-APF poiei'te V-PAM-2P ta;? T-APF trivbou? N-APF aujtou'. P-GSM
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'EVERY RAVINE WILL BE
FILLED, AND
EVERY MOUNTAIN AND
HILL WILL BE
BROUGHT LOW; THE
CROOKED WILL
BECOME * STRAIGHT, AND THE
ROUGH ROADS SMOOTH;
pa'sa A-NSF favragx plhrwqhvsetai V-FPI-3S kai; CONJ pa'n A-NSN o~ro? N-NSN kai; CONJ bouno;? N-NSM tapeinwqhvsetai, V-FPI-3S kai; CONJ e~stai V-FXI-3S ta; T-NPN skolia; A-NPN eij? PREP eujqeivan kai; CONJ aiJ T-NPF tracei'ai A-NPF eij? PREP oJdou;? N-APF leiva?: A-APF
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AND
ALL FLESH WILL
SEE THE
SALVATION OF
GOD.' "
kai; CONJ o~yetai V-FDI-3S pa'sa A-NSF sa;rx to; T-ASN swthvrion A-ASN tou' T-GSM qeou'. N-GSM
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So he began
saying to the
crowds who were
going out to be
baptized by him, "You
brood of
vipers,
who warned you to
flee from the
wrath to
come?
~elegen V-IAI-3S ou\n CONJ toi'? T-DPM ejkporeuomevnoi? V-PNP-DPM o~cloi? N-DPM baptisqh'nai V-APN uJpj PREP aujtou', P-GSM Gennhvmata N-VPN ejcidnw'n, N-GPF tiv? I-NSM uJpevdeixen uJmi'n P-2DP fugei'n V-2AAN ajpo; PREP th'? T-GSF mellouvsh? V-PAP-GSF ojrgh'?; N-GSF
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"Therefore bear fruits in
keeping with
repentance, and do not
begin to
say to
yourselves, 'We
have Abraham for our
father,' for I
say to you that from
these stones God is
able to
raise up
children to
Abraham.
poihvsate V-AAM-2P ou\n CONJ karpou;? N-APM ajxivou? th'? T-GSF metanoiva?: N-GSF kai; CONJ mh; PRT a~rxhsqe levgein V-PAN ejn PREP eJautoi'?, F-3DPM Patevra N-ASM e~comen V-PAI-1P to;n T-ASM #Abraavm, N-PRI levgw V-PAI-1S ga;r CONJ uJmi'n P-2DP o&ti CONJ duvnatai V-PNI-3S oJ T-NSM qeo;? N-NSM ejk PREP tw'n T-GPM livqwn N-GPM touvtwn D-GPM ejgei'rai V-AAN tevkna N-APN tw'/ T-DSM #Abraavm. N-PRI
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"Indeed the
axe is
already laid at the
root of the
trees;
so every tree that does not
bear good fruit is
cut down and
thrown into the
fire."
h~dh ADV de; CONJ kai; CONJ hJ T-NSF ajxivnh pro;? PREP th;n T-ASF rJivzan N-ASF tw'n T-GPN devndrwn N-GPN kei'tai: V-PNI-3S pa'n A-NSN ou\n CONJ devndron N-NSN mh; PRT poiou'n V-PAP-NSN karpo;n N-ASM kalo;n A-NSN ejkkovptetai V-PPI-3S kai; CONJ eij? PREP pu'r N-ASN bavlletai. V-PPI-3S
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And the
crowds were
questioning him,
saying,
"Then what shall we
do?"
Kai; CONJ ejphrwvtwn V-IAI-3P aujto;n P-ASM oiJ T-NPM o~cloi N-NPM levgonte?, V-PAP-NPM Tiv I-ASN ou\n CONJ poihvswmen; V-AAS-1P
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And he would
answer and
say to them, "The man who
has two tunics is to
share with him who
has none; and he who
has food is to
do likewise."
ajpokriqei;? V-AOP-NSM de; CONJ e~legen V-IAI-3S aujtoi'?, P-DPM JO T-NSM e~cwn V-PAP-NSM duvo N-NUI citw'na? N-APM metadovtw V-2AAM-3S tw'/ T-DSM mh; PRT e~conti, V-PAP-DSM kai; CONJ oJ T-NSM e~cwn V-PAP-NSM brwvmata N-APN oJmoivw? ADV poieivtw. V-PAM-3S