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Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.
1Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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2“I baptize you with water
3for repentance, but
4he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you
5with the Holy Spirit and
6fire.
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His
7winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and
8gather his wheat into the barn,
9but the chaff he will burn with
10unquenchable fire. ”
The Baptism of Jesus
13 11Then Jesus came
12from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
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13John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me? ”
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But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. ”Then he consented.
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And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold,
14the heavens were opened to him, and he
15saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
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and behold,
16a voice from heaven said,
17“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. ”