Go therefore and instruct all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

For by one Spirit we were all immersed into one body; whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the immersion of John.

In those days John the Immerser came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;

Then Jesus comes from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be immersed by him.

But Jesus answered and said to him, Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.

And behold a voice out of heaven, saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for the remission of sins,

Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways level;

Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him, Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

He answered and said to them, He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.

And he said to them, Collect no more than what is appointed for you.

Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether or not he was the Christ,

His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Now when all the people were immersed, it came to pass that Jesus also was immersed; and while He prayed, the Heaven was opened.

And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,