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And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.
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Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round the Jordan,
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and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
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But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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Produce therefore fruit worthy of repentance.
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And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for [our] father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.
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And already the axe is applied to the root of the trees; every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
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*I* indeed baptise you with water to repentance, but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not fit to bear; *he* shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit and fire;
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whose winnowing fan [is] in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his threshing-floor, and shall gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
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Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;
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but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?