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Now in the fifteenthyear of the reign of TiberiusCaesar, when PontiusPilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brotherPhilip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
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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, 'MAKEREADY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHSSTRAIGHT.
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"Thereforebearfruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We haveAbraham for our father,' for I say to you that from thesestonesGod is able to raise up children to Abraham.