John Prepares the Way for Jesus
1When it was the right time, John the Baptizer began telling people a message from God. This was out in the desert area of Judea.
2John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.”
3John is the one Isaiah the prophet was talking about when he said, “There is someone shouting in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him.’”
4John’s clothes were made from camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. For food, he ate locusts and wild honey.
5People came out to John from Jerusalem and the rest of Judea and from all the areas along the Jordan River.
6They confessed the bad things they had done, and John baptized them in the Jordan.
7Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized by John. When he saw them, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run from God’s judgment that is coming?
8Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed.
9I know what you are thinking. You want to say, ‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks.
10The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
11“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough even to be the slave who takes off his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
12He will come ready to clean the grain. He will separate the good grain from the straw, and he will put the good part into his barn. Then he will burn the useless part with a fire that cannot be stopped.”
Jesus Is Baptized by John
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. He came to John, wanting John to baptize him.
14But John tried to stop him. John said, “Why do you come to me to be baptized? I should be baptized by you!”
15Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do whatever God says is right.” Then John agreed.
16So Jesus was baptized. As soon as he came up out of the water, the sky opened, and he saw God’s Spirit coming down on him like a dove.
17A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the one I love. I am very pleased with him.”
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