Matthew. Mark. CH. III. 1-12. CH. I. 1-8. In those days came John the The beginning of the gospel of Baptist, preaching in the Jesus Christ the Son of God: wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye; for As it is written in the the kingdom of heaven is at prophets,(102) Behold, I send hand. my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee; 3 For this is he that was 3 The voice of one crying in spoken of by the prophet the wilderness, Prepare ye the Esaias, saying, The voice of way of the Lord, make his one crying in the wilderness, paths straight. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his 4 John did baptize in the raiment of camel’s hair, and a wilderness, and preach the leathern girdle about his baptism of repentance, for the loins; and his meat was remission of sins. locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him 5 And there went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the land of Judea, and all the region round about they of Jerusalem, and were Jordan. all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And were baptized of him in 6 And John was clothed with Jordan, confessing their sins. camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 7 But when he saw many of the 7 And preached, saying, There Pharisees and Sadducees come cometh one mightier than I to his baptism, he said unto after me, the latchet of whose them, O generation of vipers, shoes I am not worthy to stoop who hath warned you to flee down and unloose. from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits 8 I indeed have baptized you meet for repentance: with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and _with_ fire: 12 Whose fan _is_ in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.