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John answered, and said [saying] to all men, [Soothly] I baptize you in water; but a stronger than I shall come after me, of whom I am not worthy to unbind the lace of his shoes [of whose I am not worthy to unbind the thong of his shoes]; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
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Whose fan in his hand/Whose winnowing tool is in his hand, and he shall purge his floor of corn [and he shall purge his corn floor], and shall gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he shall burn with fire unquenchable.
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And many other things also he spake, and preached to the people. [Forsooth and he stirring, or admonishing, many other things, evangelized to the people.]
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But Herod [the] tetrarch, when he was blamed of John for Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils that Herod did,
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he increased this over all, and shut John in prison. [+added this over all, and shut John in prison.]
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And it was done, when all the people was baptized, and when Jesus was baptized, and prayed [and praying], heaven was opened.
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And the Holy Ghost came down in bodily likeness, as a dove on him; and a voice was made from heaven, Thou art my dear-worthy Son, in thee it hath well pleased to me.
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And Jesus himself was beginning as of thirty years, that he was guessed the son of Joseph, which was of Heli,
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which was of Matthat, which was of Levi, which was of Melchi, that was [which was] of Janna, that was of Joseph,
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that was of Mattathias, that was of Amos, that was of Naum, that was of Esli, that was of Nagge,
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that was of Maath, that was of Mattathias, that was of Semei, that was of Joseph, that was of Juda,