I baptize you with water for repentance but He that comes after me is
mightier than I. His shoes I am not worthy to bear. He shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost and with the fire whose fan is in His hand. He
will throughly purge His floor and gather His wheat into the garner. He
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
When Jesus came from Galilee to Jordan to be baptized by him, John
forbad Him. He said, Why come to me? I should be baptized by thee.
Jesus answered, For now, suffer it to be so because it becomes us to
fulfill all righteousness.
When Jesus was baptized He came up out of the water and the heavens
opened to Him. John saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and light
upon Him. A voice from heaven said, This is my beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased.
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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by
the devil. After He fasted forty days and forty nights He was hungry.
The tempter came to Him and said, If thou be the Son of God, command
that these stones be made bread. Jesus answered, It is written, Man
shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of
the mouth of God. The devil then took Him up into the holy city and sat
Him on a pinnacle of the temple. He said, If thou be the Son of God,
cast thyself down, for it is written, He shall give His angels charge
concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any
time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus countered Him saying, It
is also written, Thou shalt not test the Lord thy God.
Next, the devil took Him up into an exceedingly high mountain. He
showed Him the kingdoms of the world in all their glory. He said, All
these things I will give thee if thou will bow down and worship me.
Then Jesus said, Get thee hence, Satan, for it is written, Thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God and Him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil
left Him. And, behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
When Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, He departed into
Galilee. And, leaving Nazareth, He dwelt in Capernaum on the sea coast,
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim. This He did so that what was
spoken by Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled: In the land of
Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim by the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee
of the Gentiles, the people which sat in darkness saw great light. And
to those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light is sprung up.
From this time forward Jesus began His teaching of repentance because
the kingdom of God is at hand.
As Jesus walked by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon, called Peter, and
Andrew, his brother. They were fishers and were casting a net into the
sea. He said to them, Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.
They left their nets and followed Him.
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