do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither [5]exact _anything_ wrongfully; and be content with your wages. [Footnote 1: Or, _your repentance_.] [Footnote 2: That is, _collectors or renters of Roman taxes_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _Teacher_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _soldiers on service_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _accuse_ any one.] [Footnote a: Here we see Matthew and Luke preserving a non-Markan section, as so frequently hereafter, an example of the so-called Logia (Discourses).] § 23. THE FORERUNNER'S PICTURE OF THE MESSIAH BEFORE SEEING HIM Mark 1:7-8 |Matt. 3:11-12 |Luke 3:15-18 | | 7 And he preached, |11 I indeed baptize |15 And as the saying, There cometh| you [1]with water | people were in after me he that is | unto repentance: but| expectation, and mightier than I, the| he that cometh after| all men reasoned latchet of whose | me is mightier than | in their hearts shoes I am not | I, whose shoes I am | concerning John, [2]worthy to stoop | not [2]worthy to | whether haply he 8 down and unloose. I | bear: he shall | were the Christ; baptized you [1]with| baptize you [1]with |16 John answered, water; but he shall | the [3]Holy Ghost | saying unto them baptize you [1]with |12 and _with _fire: | all, I indeed the [3]Holy Ghost. | whose fan is in his | baptize you with | hand, and he will | water; but there | throughly cleanse | cometh he that is | his threshing-floor;| mightier than I, | and he will gather | the latchet of | his wheat into the | whose shoes I am | garner, but the | not [2]worthy to | chaff he will burn | unloose: he shall | up with unquenchable| baptize you [1]with | fire. | the [3]Holy Ghost | | and _with_ fire: 17 whose fan is in his hand, throughly to cleanse his threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire. 18 With many other exhortations therefore preached he [4]good tidings unto the people.[a] [Footnote 1: Or, _in_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _sufficient_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _Holy Spirit_.] [Footnote 4: Or, _the gospel_.]