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And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees; every tree therefore which does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire.
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And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
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He answered and said unto them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.
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Then
the publicans also came to be baptized and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
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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, Oppress no one, neither accuse
anyone 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 of John, whether he were the Christ, or not,
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John answered, saying unto
them all, I indeed baptize you in water, but one mightier than I comes, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose; he shall baptize you in
the Holy Spirit and fire;
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whose fan
is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his
threshing floor and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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And exhorting many other things he announced the gospel unto the people.
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Then Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife and for all the evils which Herod had done,