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Nowin the fifteenthyear of the reign of TiberiusCaesar,PontiusPilate being governor of Judaea,andHerod being tetrarch of Galilee,andhisbrotherPhiliptetrarch of Ituraeaand of the region of Trachonitis,andLysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
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As it is writtenin the book of the words of Esaias the prophet,saying, The voice of one cryingin the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,makehispathsstraight.
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Everyvalley shall befilled, andeverymountainandhill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be madestraight,and the roughways shall be madesmooth;
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Bring forththereforefruitsworthy of repentance,andbeginnot to saywithinyourselves, We haveAbraham to our father:for I say unto you,ThatGod is ableofthesestones to raise upchildren unto Abraham.
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And the soldierslikewisedemanded of him,saying, Andwhat shall wedo? And he saiduntothem, Do violence to no man,neither accuse any falsely; and be content with yourwages.
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Johnanswered, saying unto them all,Iindeedbaptizeyou with water;but one mightier thanIcometh, the latchet of whose*shoes I amnotworthy to unloose: he shall baptizeyouwith the HolyGhostand with fire: