Matthew 3
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1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
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2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
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4And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
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7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
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9And 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.
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10And 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.
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11I 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:
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12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
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14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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15And Jesus answering said unto him,Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.Then he suffered him.
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16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
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17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:1
Isaiah 40:3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD...John 1:6¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being g...Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and t...
Matthew 3:2
Matthew 4:17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,Repent: for the kingdom of he...Mark 1:15And saying,The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,...Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which s...Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among a...Matthew 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew 3:3
Isaiah 40:3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD...Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and th...John 1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way o...Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts...
Matthew 3:4
2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather ab...Leviticus 11:22Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust af...Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every...Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his lo...Matthew 11:8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they tha...
Matthew 3:5
Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and we...Matthew 11:7¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John,W...Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generatio...John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoic...John 3:23¶ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much wate...
Matthew 3:6
Acts 19:18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.Matthew 3:13¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.John 1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not t...Hebrews 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances...Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name...
Matthew 3:7
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of th...Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unright...Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, w...Romans 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath t...
Matthew 3:8
Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within y...Acts 26:20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the...2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these y...Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good...Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
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Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within y...Galatians 3:27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.Romans 9:7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Is...John 8:33¶ They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man:...Acts 13:26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear...
Matthew 3:10
John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men...Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore wh...Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fi...John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that...Luke 13:6¶ He spake also this parable;A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyar...
Matthew 3:11
Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and sha...Luke 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mi...Acts 1:5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost...Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?...
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Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea,...Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say...Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather...Isaiah 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall...Jeremiah 51:2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land...
Cross References
Matthew 3:1
Isaiah 40:3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD...John 1:6¶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being g...Luke 1:13But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and t...
Matthew 3:2
Matthew 4:17¶ From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,Repent: for the kingdom of he...Mark 1:15And saying,The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye,...Daniel 2:44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which s...Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among a...Matthew 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew 3:3
Isaiah 40:3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD...Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and th...John 1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way o...Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go b...Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts...
Matthew 3:4
2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather ab...Leviticus 11:22Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust af...Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every...Mark 1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his lo...Matthew 11:8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they tha...
Matthew 3:5
Mark 1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and we...Matthew 11:7¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John,W...Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generatio...John 5:35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoic...John 3:23¶ And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much wate...
Matthew 3:6
Acts 19:18And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.Matthew 3:13¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.John 1:25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not t...Hebrews 9:10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances...Acts 2:38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name...
Matthew 3:7
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of th...Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unright...Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?1 Thessalonians 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, w...Romans 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath t...
Matthew 3:8
Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within y...Acts 26:20But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the...2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these y...Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, good...Ephesians 5:9(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
Matthew 3:9
Luke 3:8Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within y...Galatians 3:27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.Romans 9:7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Is...John 8:33¶ They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and were never in bondage to any man:...Acts 13:26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear...
Matthew 3:10
John 15:6If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men...Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore wh...Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fi...John 15:2Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that...Luke 13:6¶ He spake also this parable;A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyar...
Matthew 3:11
Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and sha...Luke 3:16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mi...Acts 1:5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost...Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver...Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth?...
Matthew 3:12
Malachi 4:1For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea,...Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say...Luke 3:17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather...Isaiah 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall...Jeremiah 51:2And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land...