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"His 1winnowingfork is in His hand to thoroughlyclear His threshingfloor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with 2unquenchablefire."
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So with manyotherexhortations he preached the gospel to the people.
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But when 3Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of 4Herodias, his brother'swife, and because of all the wickedthingswhich5Herod had done,
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Herod alsoaddedthis to them all: 6he lockedJohn up in prison.
Jesus Is Baptized
217Nowwhenall the people were baptized, Jesus was alsobaptized, and while He was 8praying, heaven was opened,
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and the HolySpiritdescended upon Him in bodilyformlike a dove, and a voicecame out of heaven, "9You are My belovedSon, in You I amwell-pleased."
Genealogy of Jesus
2310When He began His ministry, JesusHimself was aboutthirtyyears of age, being, as was supposed, the son of 11Joseph, the son of Eli,
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the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
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the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai,
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the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
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the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, 12the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,