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PRIESTS TO AN UNBELIEVING WORLD
In such a negative chapter I had to look hard for a positive lesson - but I found one.
Well done to the one priest who made such an impact on the settlers in Samaria. His success in teaching the Samaritans is most commendable. It must be admitted that he was not as successful as he could have been in thoroughly converting the people but with everything against him, the work he did had a powerful effect. In fact, the value of his work is borne out in the presence of belief in the LORD and in the coming Messiah hundreds of years later in the time of Jesus.
He was one lone priest, a man of Israel and a member of a nation whose people had turned away from God. This priest did not necessarily have the good influence of other godly men to follow and he was placed in the midst of a people for whom the LORD was a foreign god.
How would we do in the same situation? More to the point, how do we do in the same situation? Most of us work in an environment where we are a lone voice in an unbelieving world. Yet we have people to support us in our churches and our families. Will our influence be felt even when we are gone? Could we be more successful in our Samaria? Let us remember that we are priests to an unbelieving world. Let's change lives for good.
Robert Prins [Auckland - Pakuranga - (NZ)] Comment added in 2002 Reply to Robert
The northern ten tribes were taken captive. And, it was only 250 years since Rehoboam and Jeroboam's split. Today's chapter gives us the origins of the Samaritans, who, in the time of Jesus, had a good working knowledge of the Jews' religion (see John 4). Many converted to Christ, (John 4:41,42), and later more joined the disciples after Philip's preaching (Acts 8:5-25).
David Simpson [Worcester (UK)] Comment added in 2004 Reply to David
Hezekiah's background
This chapter is instructive in setting the scene for Hezekiah, who appears in chapter 18. Three years into Hoshea's reign in Samaria, Hezekiah began his reign in Jerusalem. In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign Israel was taken away captive, which would be the 6th year of Hezekiah's reign (aged 31). Three years before that was the beginning of the siege against Samaria, which means:
Hezekiah's Age |
Event in neighbouring Israel |
25 |
Began reign. |
28 |
Israel attacked by Assyria and Samaria besieged |
31 |
Samaria taken and rest of Israel taken captive |
Rob de Jongh [Mountsorrel (UK)] Comment added in 2014 Reply to Rob
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1. In the twelfth <8147> <6240> year <8141> of Ahaz <271> king <4428> of Judah <3063> began Hoshea <1954> the son <1121> of Elah <425> to reign <4427>(8804) in Samaria <8111> over Israel <3478> nine <8672> years <8141>.
2. And he did <6213>(8799) that which was evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, but not as the kings <4428> of Israel <3478> that were before <6440> him.
3. Against him came up <5927>(8804) Shalmaneser <8022> king <4428> of Assyria <804>; and Hoshea <1954> became his servant <5650>, and gave <7725>(8686) him presents <4503>.
4. And the king <4428> of Assyria <804> found <4672>(8799) conspiracy <7195> in Hoshea <1954>: for he had sent <7971>(8804) messengers <4397> to So <5471> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and brought <5927>(8689) no present <4503> to the king <4428> of Assyria <804>, as he had done year <8141> by year <8141>: therefore the king <4428> of Assyria <804> shut him up <6113>(8799), and bound <631>(8799) him in prison <1004> <3608>.
5. Then the king <4428> of Assyria <804> came up <5927>(8799) throughout all the land <776>, and went up <5927>(8799) to Samaria <8111>, and besieged <6696>(8799) it three <7969> years <8141>.
6. In the ninth <8671> year <8141> of Hoshea <1954> the king <4428> of Assyria <804> took <3920>(8804) Samaria <8111>, and carried <1540> <0> Israel <3478> away <1540>(8686) into Assyria <804>, and placed <3427>(8686) them in Halah <2477> and in Habor <2249> by the river <5104> of Gozan <1470>, and in the cities <5892> of the Medes <4074>.
7. For so it was, that the children <1121> of Israel <3478> had sinned <2398>(8804) against the LORD <3068> their God <430>, which had brought them up <5927>(8688) out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714>, from under the hand <3027> of Pharaoh <6547> king <4428> of Egypt <4714>, and had feared <3372>(8799) other <312> gods <430>,
8. And walked <3212>(8799) in the statutes <2708> of the heathen <1471>, whom the LORD <3068> cast out <3423>(8689) from before <6440> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, and of the kings <4428> of Israel <3478>, which they had made <6213>(8804).
9. And the children <1121> of Israel <3478> did secretly <2644>(8762) those things <1697> that were not right against the LORD <3068> their God <430>, and they built <1129>(8799) them high places <1116> in all their cities <5892>, from the tower <4026> of the watchmen <5341>(8802) to the fenced <4013> city <5892>.
10. And they set them up <5324>(8686) images <4676> and groves <842> in every high <1364> hill <1389>, and under every green <7488> tree <6086>:
11. And there they burnt incense <6999>(8762) in all the high places <1116>, as did the heathen <1471> whom the LORD <3068> carried away <1540>(8689) before <6440> them; and wrought <6213>(8799) wicked <7451> things <1697> to provoke the LORD <3068> to anger <3707>(8687):
12. For they served <5647>(8799) idols <1544>, whereof the LORD <3068> had said <559>(8804) unto them, Ye shall not do <6213>(8799) this thing <1697>.
13. Yet the LORD <3068> testified <5749>(8686) against Israel <3478>, and against Judah <3063>, by <3027> all the prophets <5030>, and by all the seers <2374>, saying <559>(8800), Turn <7725>(8798) ye from your evil <7451> ways <1870>, and keep <8104>(8798) my commandments <4687> and my statutes <2708>, according to all the law <8451> which I commanded <6680>(8765) your fathers <1>, and which I sent <7971>(8804) to you by <3027> my servants <5650> the prophets <5030>.
14. Notwithstanding they would not hear <8085>(8804), but hardened <7185>(8686) their necks <6203>, like to the neck <6203> of their fathers <1>, that did not believe <539>(8689) in the LORD <3068> their God <430>.
15. And they rejected <3988>(8799) his statutes <2706>, and his covenant <1285> that he made <3772>(8804) with their fathers <1>, and his testimonies <5715> which he testified <5749>(8689) against them; and they followed <3212>(8799) <310> vanity <1892>, and became vain <1891>(8799), and went after <310> the heathen <1471> that were round about <5439> them, concerning whom the LORD <3068> had charged <6680>(8765) them, that they should not do <6213>(8800) like them.
16. And they left <5800>(8799) all the commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068> their God <430>, and made <6213>(8799) them molten images <4541>, even two <8147> calves <5695>, and made <6213>(8799) a grove <842>, and worshipped <7812>(8691) all the host <6635> of heaven <8064>, and served <5647>(8799) Baal <1168>.
17. And they caused their sons <1121> and their daughters <1323> to pass <5674>(8686) through the fire <784>, and used <7080>(8799) divination <7081> and enchantments <5172>(8762), and sold <4376>(8691) themselves to do <6213>(8800) evil <7451> in the sight <5869> of the LORD <3068>, to provoke him to anger <3707>(8687).
18. Therefore the LORD <3068> was very <3966> angry <599>(8691) with Israel <3478>, and removed <5493>(8686) them out of his sight <6440>: there was none left <7604>(8738) but the tribe <7626> of Judah <3063> only.
19. Also Judah <3063> kept <8104>(8804) not the commandments <4687> of the LORD <3068> their God <430>, but walked <3212>(8799) in the statutes <2708> of Israel <3478> which they made <6213>(8804).
20. And the LORD <3068> rejected <3988>(8799) all the seed <2233> of Israel <3478>, and afflicted <6031>(8762) them, and delivered <5414>(8799) them into the hand <3027> of spoilers <8154>(8802), until he had cast <7993>(8689) them out of his sight <6440>.
21. For he rent <7167>(8804) Israel <3478> from the house <1004> of David <1732>; and they made Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Nebat <5028> king <4427>(8686): and Jeroboam <3379> drave <5080>(8686)(8675) <5077>(8686) Israel <3478> from following <310> the LORD <3068>, and made them sin <2398>(8689) a great <1419> sin <2401>.
22. For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> walked <3212>(8799) in all the sins <2403> of Jeroboam <3379> which he did <6213>(8804); they departed <5493>(8804) not from them;
23. Until the LORD <3068> removed <5493>(8689) Israel <3478> out of his sight <6440>, as he had said <1696>(8765) by <3027> all his servants <5650> the prophets <5030>. So was Israel <3478> carried away <1540>(8799) out of their own land <127> to Assyria <804> unto this day <3117>.
24. And the king <4428> of Assyria <804> brought <935>(8686) men from Babylon <894>, and from Cuthah <3575>, and from Ava <5755>, and from Hamath <2574>, and from Sepharvaim <5617>, and placed <3427>(8686) them in the cities <5892> of Samaria <8111> instead of the children <1121> of Israel <3478>: and they possessed <3423>(8799) Samaria <8111>, and dwelt <3427>(8799) in the cities <5892> thereof.
25. And so it was at the beginning <8462> of their dwelling <3427>(8800) there, that they feared <3372>(8804) not the LORD <3068>: therefore the LORD <3068> sent <7971>(8762) lions <738> among them, which slew <2026>(8802) some of them.
26. Wherefore they spake <559>(8799) to the king <4428> of Assyria <804>, saying <559>(8800), The nations <1471> which thou hast removed <1540>(8689), and placed <3427>(8686) in the cities <5892> of Samaria <8111>, know <3045>(8804) not the manner <4941> of the God <430> of the land <776>: therefore he hath sent <7971>(8762) lions <738> among them, and, behold, they slay <4191>(8688) them, because they know <3045>(8802) not the manner <4941> of the God <430> of the land <776>.
27. Then the king <4428> of Assyria <804> commanded <6680>(8762), saying <559>(8800), Carry <3212>(8685) thither one <259> of the priests <3548> whom ye brought <1540>(8689) from thence; and let them go <3212>(8799) and dwell <3427>(8799) there, and let him teach <3384>(8686) them the manner <4941> of the God <430> of the land <776>.
28. Then one <259> of the priests <3548> whom they had carried away <1540>(8689) from Samaria <8111> came <935>(8799) and dwelt <3427>(8799) in Bethel <1008>, and taught <3384>(8688) them how they should fear <3372>(8799) the LORD <3068>.
29. Howbeit every nation <1471> made <6213>(8802) gods <430> of their own, and put <3240>(8686) them in the houses <1004> of the high places <1116> which the Samaritans <8118> had made <6213>(8804), every nation <1471> in their cities <5892> wherein they dwelt <3427>(8802).
30. And the men <582> of Babylon <894> made <6213>(8804) Succothbenoth <5524>, and the men <582> of Cuth <3575> made <6213>(8804) Nergal <5370>, and the men <582> of Hamath <2574> made <6213>(8804) Ashima <807>,
31. And the Avites <5757> made <6213>(8804) Nibhaz <5026> and Tartak <8662>, and the Sepharvites <5616> burnt <8313>(8802) their children <1121> in fire <784> to Adrammelech <152> and Anammelech <6048>, the gods <430> of Sepharvaim <5617>.
32. So they feared <3373> the LORD <3068>, and made <6213>(8799) unto themselves of the lowest <7098> of them priests <3548> of the high places <1116>, which sacrificed <6213>(8802) for them in the houses <1004> of the high places <1116>.
33. They feared <3373> the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>(8802) their own gods <430>, after the manner <4941> of the nations <1471> whom they carried away <1540>(8689) from thence.
34. Unto this day <3117> they do <6213>(8802) after the former <7223> manners <4941>: they fear <3373> not the LORD <3068>, neither do <6213>(8802) they after their statutes <2708>, or after their ordinances <4941>, or after the law <8451> and commandment <4687> which the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>(8765) the children <1121> of Jacob <3290>, whom he named <7760>(8804) <8034> Israel <3478>;
35. With whom the LORD <3068> had made <3772>(8799) a covenant <1285>, and charged <6680>(8762) them, saying <559>(8800), Ye shall not fear <3372>(8799) other <312> gods <430>, nor bow <7812>(8691) yourselves to them, nor serve <5647>(8799) them, nor sacrifice <2076>(8799) to them:
36. But the LORD <3068>, who brought you up <5927>(8689) out of the land <776> of Egypt <4714> with great <1419> power <3581> and a stretched out <5186>(8803) arm <2220>, him shall ye fear <3372>(8799), and him shall ye worship <7812>(8691), and to him shall ye do sacrifice <2076>(8799).
37. And the statutes <2706>, and the ordinances <4941>, and the law <8451>, and the commandment <4687>, which he wrote <3789>(8804) for you, ye shall observe <8104>(8799) to do <6213>(8800) for evermore <3117>; and ye shall not fear <3372>(8799) other <312> gods <430>.
38. And the covenant <1285> that I have made <3772>(8804) with you ye shall not forget <7911>(8799); neither shall ye fear <3372>(8799) other <312> gods <430>.
39. But the LORD <3068> your God <430> ye shall fear <3372>(8799); and he shall deliver <5337>(8686) you out of the hand <3027> of all your enemies <341>(8802).
40. Howbeit they did not hearken <8085>(8804), but they did <6213>(8802) after their former <7223> manner <4941>.
41. So these nations <1471> feared <3373> the LORD <3068>, and served <5647>(8802) their graven images <6456>, both their children <1121>, and their children's <1121> children <1121>: as did <6213>(8804) their fathers <1>, so do <6213>(8802) they unto this day <3117>.
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1. Moreover the word <1697> of the LORD <3068> came unto me, saying <559>(8800),
2. Also, thou son <1121> of man <120>, thus saith <559>(8804) the Lord <136> GOD <3069> unto the land <127> of Israel <3478>; An end <7093>, the end <7093> is come <935>(8804) upon the four <702> corners <3671> of the land <776>.
3. Now is the end <7093> come upon thee, and I will send <7971>(8765) mine anger <639> upon thee, and will judge <8199>(8804) thee according to thy ways <1870>, and will recompense <5414>(8804) upon thee all thine abominations <8441>.
4. And mine eye <5869> shall not spare <2347>(8799) thee, neither will I have pity <2550>(8799): but I will recompense <5414>(8799) thy ways <1870> upon thee, and thine abominations <8441> shall be in the midst <8432> of thee: and ye shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>.
5. Thus saith <559>(8804) the Lord <136> GOD <3069>; An evil <7451>, an only <259> evil <7451>, behold, is come <935>(8802).
6. An end <7093> is come <935>(8804), the end <7093> is come <935>(8804): it watcheth <6974>(8689) for thee; behold, it is come <935>(8802).
7. The morning <6843> is come <935>(8804) unto thee, O thou that dwellest <3427>(8802) in the land <776>: the time <6256> is come <935>(8804)(8676) <935>(8802), the day <3117> of trouble <4103> is near <7138>, and not the sounding again <1906> of the mountains <2022>.
8. Now will I shortly <7138> pour out <8210>(8799) my fury <2534> upon thee, and accomplish <3615>(8765) mine anger <639> upon thee: and I will judge <8199>(8804) thee according to thy ways <1870>, and will recompense <5414>(8804) thee for all thine abominations <8441>.
9. And mine eye <5869> shall not spare <2347>(8799), neither will I have pity <2550>(8799): I will recompense <5414>(8799) thee according to thy ways <1870> and thine abominations <8441> that are in the midst <8432> of thee; and ye shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068> that smiteth <5221>(8688).
10. Behold the day <3117>, behold, it is come <935>(8802): the morning <6843> is gone forth <3318>(8804); the rod <4294> hath blossomed <6692>(8804), pride <2087> hath budded <6524>(8804).
11. Violence <2555> is risen up <6965>(8804) into a rod <4294> of wickedness <7562>: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude <1995>, nor of any <1991> of theirs: neither shall there be wailing <5089> for them.
12. The time <6256> is come <935>(8804), the day <3117> draweth near <5060>(8689): let not the buyer <7069>(8802) rejoice <8055>(8799), nor the seller <4376>(8802) mourn <56>(8691): for wrath <2740> is upon all the multitude <1995> thereof.
13. For the seller <4376>(8802) shall not return <7725>(8799) to that which is sold <4465>, although they were yet alive <2416>: for the vision <2377> is touching the whole multitude <1995> thereof, which shall not return <7725>(8799); neither shall any <376> strengthen <2388>(8691) himself in the iniquity <5771> of his life <2416>.
14. They have blown <8628>(8804) the trumpet <8619>, even to make all ready <3559>(8687); but none goeth <1980>(8802) to the battle <4421>: for my wrath <2740> is upon all the multitude <1995> thereof.
15. The sword <2719> is without <2351>, and the pestilence <1698> and the famine <7458> within <1004>: he that is in the field <7704> shall die <4191>(8799) with the sword <2719>; and he that is in the city <5892>, famine <7458> and pestilence <1698> shall devour <398>(8799) him.
16. But they that escape <6403>(8804) of them shall escape <6412>, and shall be on the mountains <2022> like doves <3123> of the valleys <1516>, all of them mourning <1993>(8802), every one <376> for his iniquity <5771>.
17. All hands <3027> shall be feeble <7503>(8799), and all knees <1290> shall be weak <3212>(8799) as water <4325>.
18. They shall also gird <2296>(8804) themselves with sackcloth <8242>, and horror <6427> shall cover <3680>(8765) them; and shame <955> shall be upon all faces <6440>, and baldness <7144> upon all their heads <7218>.
19. They shall cast <7993>(8686) their silver <3701> in the streets <2351>, and their gold <2091> shall be removed <5079>: their silver <3701> and their gold <2091> shall not be able <3201>(8799) to deliver <5337>(8687) them in the day <3117> of the wrath <5678> of the LORD <3068>: they shall not satisfy <7646>(8762) their souls <5315>, neither fill <4390>(8762) their bowels <4578>: because it is the stumblingblock <4383> of their iniquity <5771>.
20. As for the beauty <6643> of his ornament <5716>, he set <7760>(8804) it in majesty <1347>: but they made <6213>(8804) the images <6754> of their abominations <8441> and of their detestable things <8251> therein: therefore have I set <5414>(8804) it far <5079> from them.
21. And I will give <5414>(8804) it into the hands <3027> of the strangers <2114>(8801) for a prey <957>, and to the wicked <7563> of the earth <776> for a spoil <7998>; and they shall pollute <2490>(8765) it.
22. My face <6440> will I turn <5437>(8689) also from them, and they shall pollute <2490>(8765) my secret <6845>(8803) place: for the robbers <6530> shall enter <935>(8804) into it, and defile <2490>(8765) it.
23. Make <6213>(8798) a chain <7569>: for the land <776> is full <4390>(8804) of bloody <1818> crimes <4941>, and the city <5892> is full <4390>(8804) of violence <2555>.
24. Wherefore I will bring <935>(8689) the worst <7451> of the heathen <1471>, and they shall possess <3423>(8804) their houses <1004>: I will also make the pomp <1347> of the strong <5794> to cease <7673>(8689); and their holy places <6942>(8764) shall be defiled <2490>(8738)(8676) <5157>(8765).
25. Destruction <7089> cometh <935>(8804); and they shall seek <1245>(8765) peace <7965>, and there shall be none.
26. Mischief <1943> shall come <935>(8799) upon mischief <1943>, and rumour <8052> shall be upon rumour <8052>; then shall they seek <1245>(8765) a vision <2377> of the prophet <5030>; but the law <8451> shall perish <6>(8799) from the priest <3548>, and counsel <6098> from the ancients <2205>.
27. The king <4428> shall mourn <56>(8691), and the prince <5387> shall be clothed <3847>(8799) with desolation <8077>, and the hands <3027> of the people <5971> of the land <776> shall be troubled <926>(8735): I will do <6213>(8799) unto them after their way <1870>, and according to their deserts <4941> will I judge <8199>(8799) them; and they shall know <3045>(8804) that I am the LORD <3068>.
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3:3 a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
Repentance and forgiveness are the basis of baptism. Since babies cannot be repentant, it follows that infant sprinkling cannot constitute baptism.
Bruce Bates [Forbes Australia] Comment added in 2023 Reply to Bruce
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1. Now <1161> in <1722> the fifteenth <4003> year <2094> of the reign <2231> of Tiberius <5086> Caesar <2541>, Pontius <4194> Pilate <4091> being governor <2230>(5723) of Judaea <2449>, and <2532> Herod <2264> being tetrarch <5075>(5723) of Galilee <1056>, and <1161> his <846> brother <80> Philip <5376> tetrarch <5075>(5723) of Ituraea <2484> and <2532> of the region <5561> of Trachonitis <5139>, and <2532> Lysanias <3078> the tetrarch <5075>(5723) of Abilene <9>,
2. Annas <452> and <2532> Caiaphas <2533> being <1909> the high priests <749>, the word <4487> of God <2316> came <1096>(5633) unto <1909> John <2491> the son <5207> of Zacharias <2197> in <1722> the wilderness <2048>.
3. And <2532> he came <2064>(5627) into <1519> all <3956> the country about <4066> Jordan <2446>, preaching <2784>(5723) the baptism <908> of repentance <3341> for <1519> the remission <859> of sins <266>;
4. As <5613> it is written <1125>(5769) in <1722> the book <976> of the words <3056> of Esaias <2268> the prophet <4396>, saying <3004>(5723), The voice <5456> of one crying <994>(5723) in <1722> the wilderness <2048>, Prepare ye <2090>(5657) the way <3598> of the Lord <2962>, make <4160>(5720) his <846> paths <5147> straight <2117>.
5. Every <3956> valley <5327> shall be <2071>(5704) filled <4137>(5701), and <2532> every <3956> mountain <3735> and <2532> hill <1015> shall be brought low <5013>(5701); and <2532> the crooked <4646> shall be made <1519> straight <2117>, and <2532> the rough <5138> ways <3598> shall be made <1519> smooth <3006>;
6. And <2532> all <3956> flesh <4561> shall see <3700>(5695) the salvation <4992> of God <2316>.
7. Then <3767> said <3004>(5707) he to the multitude <3793> that came forth <1607>(5740)(5734) to be baptized <907>(5683) of <5259> him <846>, O generation <1081> of vipers <2191>, who <5101> hath warned <5263>(5656) you <5213> to flee <5343>(5629) from <575> the wrath <3709> to come <3195>(5723)?
8. Bring forth <4160>(5657) therefore <3767> fruits <2590> worthy <514> of repentance <3341>, and <2532> begin <756>(5672) not <3361> to say <3004>(5721) within <1722> yourselves <1438>, We have <2192>(5719) Abraham <11> to our father <3962>: for <1063> I say <3004>(5719) unto you <5213>, That <3754> God <2316> is able <1410>(5736) of <1537> these <5130> stones <3037> to raise up <1453>(5658) children <5043> unto Abraham <11>.
9. And <1161> now <2235> also <2532> the axe <513> is laid <2749>(5736) unto <4314> the root <4491> of the trees <1186>: every <3956> tree <1186> therefore <3767> which bringeth <4160> <0> not <3361> forth <4160>(5723) good <2570> fruit <2590> is hewn down <1581>(5743), and <2532> cast <906>(5743) into <1519> the fire <4442>.
10. And <2532> the people <3793> asked <1905>(5707) him <846>, saying <3004>(5723), What <5101> shall we do <4160>(5692) then <3767>?
11. He answereth <611>(5679) and <1161> saith <3004>(5719) unto them <846>, He that hath <2192>(5723) two <1417> coats <5509>, let him impart <3330>(5628) to him that hath <2192>(5723) none <3361>; and <2532> he that hath <2192>(5723) meat <1033>, let him do <4160>(5720) likewise <3668>.
12. Then <1161> came <2064>(5627) also <2532> publicans <5057> to be baptized <907>(5683), and <2532> said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> him <846>, Master <1320>, what <5101> shall we do <4160>(5692)?
13. And <1161> he said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, Exact <4238>(5719) no <3367> more <4119> than <3844> that which is appointed <1299>(5772) you <5213>.
14. And <1161> the soldiers <4754>(5734) likewise <2532> demanded <1905>(5707) of him <846>, saying <3004>(5723), And <2532> what <5101> shall we <2249> do <4160>(5692)? And <2532> he said <2036>(5627) unto <4314> them <846>, Do violence <1286>(5661) to no man <3367>, neither <3366> accuse any falsely <4811>(5661); and <2532> be content <714>(5744) with your <5216> wages <3800>.
15. And <1161> as the people <2992> were in expectation <4328>(5723), and <2532> all men <3956> mused <1260>(5740) in <1722> their <848> hearts <2588> of <4012> John <2491>, whether <3379> <0> he <846> were <1498>(5751) the Christ <5547>, or not <3379>;
16. John <2491> answered <611>(5662), saying <3004>(5723) unto them all <537>, I <1473> indeed <3303> baptize <907>(5719) you <5209> with water <5204>; but <1161> one mightier than <2478> I <3450> cometh <2064>(5736), the latchet <2438> of whose <3739> shoes <5266> I am <1510>(5748) not <3756> worthy <2425> to unloose <3089>(5658): he <846> shall baptize <907>(5692) you <5209> with <1722> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> and <2532> with fire <4442>:
17. Whose <3739> fan <4425> is in <1722> his <846> hand <5495>, and <2532> he will throughly purge <1245>(5692) his <848> floor <257>, and <2532> will gather <4863>(5692) the wheat <4621> into <1519> his <848> garner <596>; but <1161> the chaff <892> he will burn <2618>(5692) with fire <4442> unquenchable <762>.
18. And <2532> <3767> many <4183> <0> other <2087> things <4183> <3303> in his exhortation <3870>(5723) preached <2097>(5710) he unto the people <2992>.
19. But <1161> Herod <2264> the tetrarch <5076>, being reproved <1651>(5746) by <5259> him <846> for <4012> Herodias <2266> his <846> brother <80> Philip's <5376> wife <1135>, and <2532> for <4012> all <3956> the evils <4190> which <3739> Herod <2264> had done <4160>(5656),
20. Added <4369>(5656) yet <2532> this <5124> above <1909> all <3956>, that <2532> he shut up <2623>(5656) John <2491> in <1722> prison <5438>.
21. Now <1161> when all <537> the people <2992> were baptized <1722> <907>(5683), it came to pass <1096>(5633), that Jesus <2424> also <2532> being baptized <907>(5685), and <2532> praying <4336>(5740), the heaven <3772> was opened <455>(5683),
22. And <2532> the Holy <40> Ghost <4151> descended <2597>(5629) in a bodily <4984> shape <1491> like <5616> a dove <4058> upon <1909> him <846>, and <2532> a voice <5456> came <1096>(5635) from <1537> heaven <3772>, which said <3004>(5723), Thou <4771> art <1488>(5748) my <3450> beloved <27> Son <5207>; in <1722> thee <4671> I am well pleased <2106>(5656).
23. And <2532> Jesus <2424> himself <846> began <756>(5734) to be <2258>(5713) about <5616> thirty <5144> years of age <2094>, being <5607>(5752) (as <5613> was supposed <3543>(5712)) the son <5207> of Joseph <2501>, which was the son of Heli <2242>,
24. Which was the son of Matthat <3158>, which was the son of Levi <3017>, which was the son of Melchi <3197>, which was the son of Janna <2388>, which was the son of Joseph <2501>,
25. Which was the son of Mattathias <3161>, which was the son of Amos <301>, which was the son of Naum <3486>, which was the son of Esli <2069>, which was the son of Nagge <3477>,
26. Which was the son of Maath <3092>, which was the son of Mattathias <3161>, which was the son of Semei <4584>, which was the son of Joseph <2501>, which was the son of Juda <2455>,
27. Which was the son of Joanna <2490>, which was the son of Rhesa <4488>, which was the son of Zorobabel <2216>, which was the son of Salathiel <4528>, which was the son of Neri <3518>,
28. Which was the son of Melchi <3197>, which was the son of Addi <78>, which was the son of Cosam <2973>, which was the son of Elmodam <1678>, which was the son of Er <2262>,
29. Which was the son of Jose <2499>, which was the son of Eliezer <1663>, which was the son of Jorim <2497>, which was the son of Matthat <3158>, which was the son of Levi <3017>,
30. Which was the son of Simeon <4826>, which was the son of Juda <2455>, which was the son of Joseph <2501>, which was the son of Jonan <2494>, which was the son of Eliakim <1662>,
31. Which was the son of Melea <3190>, which was the son of Menan <3104>, which was the son of Mattatha <3160>, which was the son of Nathan <3481>, which was the son of David <1138>,
32. Which was the son of Jesse <2421>, which was the son of Obed <5601>, which was the son of Booz <1003>, which was the son of Salmon <4533>, which was the son of Naasson <3476>,
33. Which was the son of Aminadab <284>, which was the son of Aram <689>, which was the son of Esrom <2074>, which was the son of Phares <5329>, which was the son of Juda <2455>,
34. Which was the son of Jacob <2384>, which was the son of Isaac <2464>, which was the son of Abraham <11>, which was the son of Thara <2291>, which was the son of Nachor <3493>,
35. Which was the son of Saruch <4562>, which was the son of Ragau <4466>, which was the son of Phalec <5317>, which was the son of Heber <1443>, which was the son of Sala <4527>,
36. Which was the son of Cainan <2536>, which was the son of Arphaxad <742>, which was the son of Sem <4590>, which was the son of Noe <3575>, which was the son of Lamech <2984>,
37. Which was the son of Mathusala <3103>, which was the son of Enoch <1802>, which was the son of Jared <2391>, which was the son of Maleleel <3121>, which was the son of Cainan <2536>,
38. Which was the son of Enos <1800>, which was the son of Seth <4589>, which was the son of Adam <76>, which was the son of God <2316>.