Dual Panel1In <1722> those <1565> days <2250> John <2491> the Baptist <910> came <3854> into the wilderness <2048> of Judea <2449> proclaiming <2784>,
2“Repent <3340>, for <1063> the kingdom <932> of heaven <3772> is near <1448>.”
3For <1063> he <3778> is <1510> the one about whom Isaiah <2268> the prophet <4396> had spoken <4483>: “The voice <5456> of one shouting <994> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>, ‘Prepare <2090> the way <3598> for the Lord <2962>, make <4160> his <846> paths <5147> straight <2117>.’”
4Now <1161> John <2491> wore <2192> clothing <1742> made from <575> camel’s <2574> hair <2359> with a leather <1193> belt <2223> around <4012> his <846> waist <3751>, and <1161> his <846> diet <5160> consisted of <1510> locusts <200> and <2532> wild <66> honey <3192>.
5Then <5119> people from Jerusalem <2414>, as well as all <3956> Judea <2449> and <2532> all <3956> the region around <4066> the Jordan <2446>, were going out <1607> to <4314> him <846>,
6and <2532> he was baptizing <907> them in <1722> the Jordan <2446> River <4215> as they confessed <1843> their <846> sins <266>.
7But <1161> when he saw <1492> many <4183> Pharisees <5330> and <2532> Sadducees <4523> coming <2064> to <1909> his baptism <908>, he said <2036> to them <846>, “You offspring <1081> of vipers <2191>! Who <5101> warned <5263> you <5213> to flee <5343> from <575> the coming <3195> wrath <3709>?
8Therefore <3767> produce <4160> fruit <2590> that proves <514> your repentance <3341>,
9and <2532> don’t think <3361> <1380> you can say <3004> to yourselves <1438>, ‘We have <2192> Abraham <11> as our father <3962>.’ For <1063> I tell <3004> you <5213> that <3754> God <2316> can <1410> raise up <1453> children <5043> for Abraham <11> from <1537> these <5130> stones <3037>!
10Even <1161> now <2235> the ax <513> is laid <2749> at <4314> the root <4491> of the <3588> trees <1186>, and every <3956> tree <1186> that does not <3361> produce <4160> good <2570> fruit <2590> will be cut down <1581> and <2532> thrown <906> into <1519> the fire <4442>.
11“I <1473> baptize <907> you <5209> with <1722> water <5204>, for <1519> repentance <3341>, but <1161> the one coming <2064> after <3694> me <3450> is more powerful than <2478> I <3450> am <1510>– I am <1510> not <3756> worthy <2425> to carry <941> his <846> sandals <5266>. He will baptize <907> you <5209> with <1722> the Holy <40> Spirit <4151> and <2532> fire <4442>.
12His winnowing fork <4425> is in <1722> his <846> hand <5495>, and <2532> he will clean out his <1245> threshing floor <257> and <2532> will gather <4863> his <846> wheat <4621> into <1519> the storehouse <596>, but <1161> the chaff <892> he will burn up <2618> with inextinguishable <762> fire <4442>.”
13Then <5119> Jesus <2424> came <3854> from <575> Galilee <1056> to <4314> John <2491> to be baptized <907> by <5259> him <846> in <1909> the Jordan River <2446>.
14But <1161> John tried to prevent <1254> him <846>, saying <3004>, “I <1473> need <5532> <2192> to be baptized <907> by <5259> you <4675>, and <2532> yet you <4771> come <2064> to <4314> me <3165>?”
15So <1161> Jesus <2424> replied <611> <2036> to him <846>, “Let <863> it happen now <737>, for <1063> it is <1510> right for us <2254> to fulfill <4137> all <3956> righteousness <1343>.” Then <5119> John yielded <863> to him <846>.
16After <1161> Jesus <2424> was baptized <907>, just as <2117> he was coming up <305> out <575> of the <3588> water <5204>, the <3588> heavens <3772> opened <455> and <2532> he saw <1492> the Spirit <4151> of God <2316> descending <2597> like <5616> a dove <4058> and coming <2064> on <1909> him <846>.
17And <2532> a voice <5456> from <1537> heaven <3772> said <3004>, “This <3778> is <1510> my <3450> one dear <27> Son <5207>; in <1722> him I take great delight <2106>.”