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Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.
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As John was completing his work, he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for. But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
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“Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
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The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
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Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed.
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When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.