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Andthinknot to saywithinyourselves, We haveAbraham to our father:for I say unto you,thatGod is ableofthesestones to raise upchildren unto Abraham.
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Andnowalso the axe is laidunto the root of the trees:thereforeeverytree which bringethnotforthgoodfruit is hewn down , andcastinto the fire.
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Iindeedbaptizeyouwithwateruntorepentance:but he that comethaftermeis mightier thanI,whoseshoes I amnotworthy to bear : he shall baptizeyouwith the HolyGhost,and with fire:
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Whosefan is inhishand,and he will throughly purgehisfloor,andgatherhiswheatinto the garner;but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchablefire.
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ThencomethJesusfromGalileetoJordanuntoJohn, to be baptizedofhim.
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ButJohnforbad him, saying , Ihaveneed to be baptizedofthee,andcomestthoutome?
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AndJesusansweringsaiduntohim,Suffer it to be so now:forthus it becometh*us to fulfilallrighteousness.Then he sufferedhim.
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AndJesus, when he was baptized , went upstraightway out of the water:and,lo , the heavens were opened unto him,and he saw the Spirit of Goddescendinglike a dove,andlightinguponhim:
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Andlo a voicefromheaven,saying , ThisismybelovedSon,inwhom I am well pleased .