{"id":1948,"date":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T02:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat03\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T12:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:20:58","slug":"mat03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat03\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main\">\r\n <div class=\"chapterlabel\"><a name=\"V0\"> 3<\/a><\/div><div class=\"p\">\r\n <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V1\">1\u00a0<\/a><\/span>In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V2\">2\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V3\">3\u00a0<\/a><\/span>For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V4\">4\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And the same John had his raiment of camel\u2019s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V5\">5\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V6\">6\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V7\">7\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V8\">8\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V9\">9\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to <span class=\"add\">our<\/span> father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V10\">10\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V11\">11\u00a0<\/a><\/span>I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and <span class=\"add\">with<\/span> fire:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V12\">12\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Whose fan <span class=\"add\">is<\/span> in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. <\/div><div class=\"p\"> <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V13\">13\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V14\">14\u00a0<\/a><\/span>But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V15\">15\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Jesus answering said unto him, <span class=\"wj\">Suffer <span class=\"add\">it to be so<\/span> now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. <\/span> Then he suffered him.  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V16\">16\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:  <span class=\"verse\"> <a name=\"V17\">17\u00a0<\/a><\/span>And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. <\/div><hr \/><\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"chapters\">\r\n    <h3>Matthew Chapters<\/h3>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat01\">1<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat02\">2<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat03\">3<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat04\">4<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat05\">5<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat06\">6<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat07\">7<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat08\">8<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat09\">9<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat10\">10<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat11\">11<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat12\">12<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat13\">13<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat14\">14<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat15\">15<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat16\">16<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat17\">17<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat18\">18<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat19\">19<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat20\">20<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat21\">21<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat22\">22<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat23\">23<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat24\">24<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat25\">25<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat26\">26<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat27\">27<\/a>\r\n  <a href=\"http:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/mat28\">28<\/a>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 1\u00a0In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 2\u00a0And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3\u00a0For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4\u00a0And the same John had his raiment of camel\u2019s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5\u00a0Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, 6\u00a0And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 7\u00a0But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8\u00a0Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9\u00a0And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10\u00a0And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11\u00a0I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12\u00a0Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 13\u00a0Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14\u00a0But John forbad him, saying, I have need to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newconvenant","tag-matthew"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3469,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions\/3469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/12tribes.net\/bible\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}