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And he said unto them, "Exact no more than that which is appointed you."
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And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages."
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And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts whether John was the Christ or not,
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John answered, saying unto them all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.
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His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor and will gather the wheat into His garner; but the chaff He will burn with fire unquenchable."
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And with many other exhortations preached he unto the people.
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But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
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added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
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Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized. And while He prayed the heaven was opened,
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and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from Heaven, which said, "THOU ART MY BELOVED SON; IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED."
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And Jesus Himself had become about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was the son of Heli,