in

year

Now

the fifteenth

 

of the reign

of Tiberius

Caesar

being governor

Pontius

Pilate

 

of Judaea

and

being tetrarch

 

of Galilee

Herod

Philip

Now

 

brother

his

being tetrarch

 

of Ituraea

and

of Trachonitis

of the region

and

Lysanias

 

of Abilene

being tetrarch

being

the high priests

Annas

and

Caiaphas

came

the word

of God

being

John

 

 

of Zacharias

the son

in

 

the wilderness

And

he came

for

all

 

the country about

 

Jordan

preaching

the baptism

of repentance

for

the remission

of sins

As

it is written

in

the book

of the words

of Esaias

 

the prophet

saying

The voice

of one crying

in

 

the wilderness

Prepare ye

 

the way

of the Lord

straight

make

 

paths

his

Every

valley

filled

and

Every

mountain

and

hill

shall be brought low

and

shall be

 

the crooked

shall be made

straight

and

 

the rough

shall be made

ways

smooth

And

shall see

all

flesh

 

the salvation

 

of God

said

Then

 

that came forth

he to the multitude

to be baptized

of

him

O generation

of vipers

who

hath warned

you

to flee

from

 

to come

the wrath

Bring forth

therefore

fruits

worthy

 

of repentance

and

not

begin

I say

within

yourselves

to our father

We have

 

Abraham

I say

for

unto you

That

is able

 

God

of

 

stones

these

to raise up

children

 

Abraham

now

And

also

 

the axe

unto

 

the root

 

of the trees

is laid

every

therefore

of the trees

not

forth

fruit

good

is hewn down

also

into

the fire

cast

And

asked

him

 

the people

saying

What

then

shall we do

He answereth

and

saith

unto them

 

He that hath

two

coats

let him impart

 

none

He that hath

and

 

He that hath

meat

likewise

let him do

came

Then

also

publicans

to be baptized

also

said

unto

him

Master

what

shall we do

 

And

he said

unto

them

no

more

than

 

that which is appointed

you

Exact

demanded

And

of him

And

the soldiers

saying

And

shall we

what

do

And

he said

unto

of him

to no man

Do violence

neither

accuse any falsely

And

be content

 

wages

with your

were in expectation

And

 

as the people

and

mused

all men

in

 

hearts

he

of

 

John

or not

he

were

 

the Christ

answered

 

John

unto them all

saying

I

indeed

with water

baptize

you

cometh

but

 

one mightier than

I

of whose

not

I am

worthy

to unloose

 

the latchet

 

shoes

he

he

you

baptize

with

Ghost

the Holy

and

with fire

Whose

 

fan

is in

 

hand

his

and

he will throughly purge

 

floor

his

and

will gather

 

the wheat

into

 

garner

his

 

but

the chaff

he will burn

with fire

unquenchable

many

 

 

And

other

in his exhortation

preached

 

he unto the people

 

But

Herod

 

the tetrarch

being reproved

by

him

for

Herodias

 

wife

Philip's

 

brother

him

and

for

all

which

had done

the evils

 

Herod

Added

that

this

above

all

that

he shut up

 

John

in

 

prison

it came to pass

Now

were baptized

 

being baptized

when all

 

the people

also

that Jesus

being baptized

also

praying

was opened

 

the heaven

And

descended

 

Ghost

 

the Holy

in a bodily

shape

like

a dove

upon

him

And

a voice

from

heaven

came

which said

Thou

art

 

Son

my

 

beloved

in

thee

I am well pleased

And

himself

to be

 

Jesus

about

years of age

thirty

began

being

(as

was supposed

the son

of Joseph

 

which was the son of Heli

 

Which was the son of Matthat

 

which was the son of Levi

 

which was the son of Melchi

 

which was the son of Janna

 

which was the son of Joseph

 

Which was the son of Mattathias

 

which was the son of Amos

 

which was the son of Naum

 

which was the son of Esli

 

which was the son of Nagge

 

Which was the son of Maath

 

which was the son of Mattathias

 

which was the son of Semei

 

which was the son of Joseph

 

which was the son of Juda

 

Which was the son of Joanna

 

which was the son of Rhesa

 

which was the son of Zorobabel

 

which was the son of Salathiel

 

which was the son of Neri

 

Which was the son of Melchi

 

which was the son of Addi

 

which was the son of Cosam

 

which was the son of Elmodam

 

which was the son of Er

 

Which was the son of Jose

 

which was the son of Eliezer

 

which was the son of Jorim

 

which was the son of Matthat

 

which was the son of Levi

 

Which was the son of Simeon

 

which was the son of Juda

 

which was the son of Joseph

 

which was the son of Jonan

 

which was the son of Eliakim

 

Which was the son of Melea

 

which was the son of Menan

 

which was the son of Mattatha

 

which was the son of Nathan

 

which was the son of David

 

Which was the son of Jesse

 

which was the son of Obed

 

which was the son of Booz

 

which was the son of Salmon

 

which was the son of Naasson

 

Which was the son of Aminadab

 

which was the son of Aram

 

which was the son of Esrom

 

which was the son of Phares

 

which was the son of Juda

 

Which was the son of Jacob

 

which was the son of Isaac

 

which was the son of Abraham

 

which was the son of Thara

 

which was the son of Nachor

 

Which was the son of Saruch

 

which was the son of Ragau

 

which was the son of Phalec

 

which was the son of Heber

 

which was the son of Sala

 

Which was the son of Cainan

 

which was the son of Arphaxad

 

which was the son of Sem

 

which was the son of Noe

 

which was the son of Lamech

 

Which was the son of Mathusala

 

which was the son of Enoch

 

which was the son of Jared

 

which was the son of Maleleel

 

which was the son of Cainan

 

Which was the son of Enos

 

which was the son of Seth

 

which was the son of Adam

 

which was the son of God