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1 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD.
2 As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You."
3 "A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.' "
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 And all the Judean country and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and was eating locusts and wild honey.
7 And he was preaching, saying, "There comes One after me who is stronger than me, of whom I am not worthy to stoop down and to loose the strap of His sandal.
8 I baptized you in water, but He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."
9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit coming down upon Him like a dove.
11 Then a voice came from the heavens, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I have found delight."
12 And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.