The Beginning of the Gospel

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A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

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As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

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`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

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John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation--to remission of sins,

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and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

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and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come--who is mightier than I--after me, of whom I am not worthy--having stooped down--to loose the latchet of his sandals;

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I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

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