| 1:01 |
A 'beginning' of the 'good-news' of Jesus Christ, ... |
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(the) Son of God. |
| 1:02 |
As it
has been written in Isaiah the Prophet, ... |
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"Behold,
I send my messenger off before your face, ..." |
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"who will build down 'the way' of you." |
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"Behold, I send my messenger off before your face, who will build down 'the way' of you." |
| 1:03 |
A voice
shouting in the wilderness, ... |
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Prepare
'the way' of a Lord! ... "Make his paths
straight!" |
| 1:04 |
John became the one baptizing in the wilderness, ... |
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and
preaching a baptism of repentance into
a forgiveness of sins. |
| 1:05 |
And the entire Judean region and
all the Jerusalemites were going out to him, ... |
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and
they were baptized by him in the Jordan River confessing
their sins. |
| 1:06 |
And
John was clothed in 'camel hairs' and a 'leather
girdle' around his waist. |
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And
(he was) eating 'locusts' and 'honey of the field.' |
| 1:07 |
And
he was preaching saying, ... "Comes the one stronger than me, after me, of whom not am I worthy, stooping, to untie the strap of the sandals of him." |
| 1:08 |
"I baptized
you in water, ..." |
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"but
he will baptize you in a Holy Spirit." |
