1 ^3:1AND in those days came John the Baptist preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, ^3:2Change your minds, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand. ^3:3For this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ^3:4And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey. ^3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region about the Jordan, ^3:6and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

2 ^3:7And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ^3:8Bear fruit, therefore, worthy of a change of mind; ^3:9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham; ^3:10and already the axe lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. ^3:11I indeed baptize you with water to a change of mind; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not fit to bear; he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and fire; ^3:12whose winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the storehouse; but the chaff he will burn with an inextinguishable fire.

3 ^3:13Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. ^3:14But, he refused him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me? ^3:15But Jesus answered and said to him, Suffer me now; for thus, it becomes us to complete all righteousness. Then he suffered him; ^3:16and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him. ^3:17And behold, a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

4 ^4:1Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. ^4:2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards hungry. ^4:3And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread. ^4:4And he answered and said; It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. ^4:5Then the devil took him into the holy city, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, ^4:6and said to him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down; for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you, and they shall take you up on their hands, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. ^4:7Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not try the Lord your God. ^4:8Again the devil took him away on a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory, ^4:9and said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. ^4:10Then Jesus said to him, Get behind me Satan; for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. ^4:11Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and waited on him.