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His winnowing-shovel is in His hand to clear out His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His storehouse; but the chaff He will burn up in fire unquenchable."
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With many exhortations besides these he declared the Good News to the people.
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But Herod the Tetrarch, being repeatedly rebuked by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all the wicked deeds that he had done,
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now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.
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Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the sky opened,
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and the Holy Spirit came down in bodily shape, like a dove, upon Him, and a voice came from Heaven, which said, "Thou art My Son, dearly loved: in Thee is My delight."
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And He--Jesus--when He began His ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (it was supposed) of Joseph, son of Heli,
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son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,
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son of Mattathias, son of Amos, son of Nahum, son of Esli, son of Naggai,
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son of Mahath, son of Mattathias, son of Semein, son of Josech, son of Joda,
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son of Johanan, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri,