Matthew 3
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The Herald of the Messiah
1In those days John the Baptist came,#Mk 1:3–8; Lk 3:2–17; Jn 1:6–8,19–28 preaching in the wilderness of Judea#Jos 15:61; Jdg 1:16 2and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” #Dn 2:44; Mt 4:17; 6:10; 10:7; Mk 1:15; Lk 10:9; 11:20; 21:31 3For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make his paths straight! # 3:3 Is 40:3 #
Is 40:3; Lk 1:17,76; Jn 1:23
4Now John had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were going out to him, 6and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.#Mt 23:37; Mk 1:5; Lk 3:3; Jn 15:22; Ac 19:18
7When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees#Mt 16:1; 22:23; 23:15; Ac 4:1; 5:17; 23:6 coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?#Mt 12:34; 23:33; Rm 5:9; 1Th 1:10 8Therefore produce fruit#Mt 3:10; 12:33; 13:8,26; 21:19,34,41,43; Mk 11:14 consistent with#3:8 Lit fruit worthy of repentance. 9And don’t presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’#Lk 3:8; Jn 8:33,39; Ac 13:26; Rm 4:1 For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 10The ax is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.#Mt 7:19; Lk 13:7,9; Jn 15:2,6
11“I baptize you with#3:11 Or in water for repentance,#Mk 1:4,8; Jn 1:26; Ac 1:5 but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove#3:11 Or to carry his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.#Is 4:4; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:3–4; 11:16; Ti 3:5 12His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”#Is 30:24; Mt 13:30; Mk 9:43,48; Lk 3:17
The Baptism of Jesus
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.#Mk 1:9–11; Lk 3:21–22; Jn 1:31–34 14But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”
15Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.
16When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens#Mt 24:35; Lk 12:33; Ac 17:24; Eph 6:9; Rv 21:10 suddenly opened for him,#3:16 Other mss omit for him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.#Is 11:2; Jn 1:32; Ac 7:56; 2Pt 1:17 17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”#Ps 2:7; Is 42:1; Lk 9:35; Jn 12:28
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Matthew 3
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1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
2and saying, ‘Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,’
3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, ‘A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.’
4And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
7And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, ‘Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?
8bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,
9and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have — Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,
10and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
11‘I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
12whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.’
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,
14but John was forbidding him, saying, ‘I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!’
15But Jesus answering said to him, ‘Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,’ then he doth suffer him.
16And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,
17and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, ‘This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.’
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