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And he said to them, "Collect no more than is appointed you."
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Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."
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As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ,
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John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
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His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
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So, with many other exhortations, he preached good news to the people.
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But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Hero'di-as, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done,
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added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
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Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,
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and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form, as a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased."
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Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,