Matthew 3:5

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about Jordan,

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And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;