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3:1  In those days, John the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
3:2  “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
3:3  For he is the one Isaiah the prophet spoke about, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of Adonai, and make His paths straight.’”
3:4  Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
3:5  Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan.
3:6  Confessing their sins, they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River.
3:7  But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
3:8  Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance;
3:9  and do not think that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’! For I tell you that from these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
3:10  Already the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire!
3:11  “As for me, I immerse you in water for repentance. But the One coming after me is mightier than I am; I am not worthy to carry His sandals. He will immerse you in the Ruach ha-Kodesh and fire.
3:12  His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He shall clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn; but the chaff He shall burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
3:13  Then Yeshua came from the Galilee to John, to be immersed by him in the Jordan.
3:14  But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be immersed by You, and You are coming to me?”
3:15  But Yeshua responded, “Let it happen now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” So John yielded to Him.
3:16  After being immersed, Yeshua rose up out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Ruach Elohim descending like a dove and coming upon Him.
3:17  And behold, a voice from the heavens said, “This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased!”