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Thencamealsopublicans to be baptized , andsaiduntohim,Master,what shall we do ?
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And he saiduntothem,Exactnomorethan that which is appointedyou.
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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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And as the people were in expectation , and all menmusedintheirheartsofJohn,whetherhewere the Christ, or not;
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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:
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Whosefan is inhishand,and he will throughly purgehisfloor,and will gather the wheatintohisgarner;but the chaff he will burn with fireunquenchable.
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And*manyotherthingsin his exhortationpreached he unto the people.
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ButHerod the tetrarch, being reprovedbyhimforHerodiashisbrotherPhilip'swife,andforall the evilswhichHerod had done ,
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Addedyetthisaboveall,that he shut upJohninprison.
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Now when all the people were baptized* , it came to pass , that Jesusalso being baptized , andpraying , the heaven was opened ,
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And the HolyGhostdescended in a bodilyshapelike a doveuponhim,and a voicecamefromheaven, which said , ThouartmybelovedSon;inthee I am well pleased .