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Matthew 3 :: New English Translation (NET)

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The Preaching of John the Baptist

(Mar 1:2–8; Luk 3:1–20 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:2 - "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:4 - Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:5 - Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:6 - and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:7 - But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:8 - Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:10 - Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - "I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am - I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:12 - His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire."

The Baptism of Jesus

(Mar 1:9–11; Luk 3:21, 22; Jhn 1:29–34 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:13 - Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:14 - But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:15 - So Jesus replied to him, "Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John yielded to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:17 - And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight."
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Matthew Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras