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The Work of John the Baptizer
(Mk. 1:1-8; Lk. 3:1-9, 15-17; Jn. 1:19-28)
3 1At that time John the Baptizer came and began telling people a message [from
God]. This was in the desert area of Judea. 2John said, "Change your hearts and
lives, because the kingdom of heaven is coming soon." 3John the Baptizer is the
one that Isaiah the prophet* was talking about. Isaiah said: "There is a person
shouting in the desert: 'Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
(Isaiah 40:3)
4John's clothes were made from camel's hair. John had a leather belt around his
waist. For food, John ate locusts* and wild honey. 5People went to hear John. The
people came from Jerusalem and all Judea and all the area around the Jordan River.
6People told the sins they had done, and John baptized* them in the Jordan River.
7Many Pharisees* and Sadducees* came to the place where John was baptizing people.
When John saw them he said to them: "You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away
from God's anger that is coming? 8You must do the things that show that you have
really changed your hearts and lives. 9And don't think that you can boast and say
to yourselves, 'Abraham* is our father.' I tell you that God could make children
for Abraham from these rocks here. 10The ax is now ready to cut down the trees.*
Every tree that does not make good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
11"I baptize* you with water to show that you changed your hearts and lives. But
there is a person coming later that is greater than I am. I am not good enough
to take off his shoes for him. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit* and with
fire. 12He will come ready to clean the grain.* He will separate the good grain
from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will
burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped."
Jesus Is Baptized by John
(Mk. 1:9-11; Lk. 3:21-22)
13At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. Jesus came to John and
wanted John to baptize* him. 14But John tried to say that he was not good enough
to baptize Jesus. John said, "Why do you come to me to be baptized? I should be
baptized by you!" 15Jesus answered, "Let it be this way for now. We should do all
things that are right." So John agreed to baptize* Jesus. 16Jesus was baptized*
and he came up out of the water. The sky opened, and he saw God's Spirit coming
down on him like a dove. 17And a voice spoke from heaven. The voice said, "This
(Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him."
Footnotes: prophet A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things
that would happen in the future. locusts Insects like grasshoppers. The law of Moses
said that locusts could be eaten (See Lev. 11:21-22). baptize(d) A Greek word meaning
to immerse, dip, or bury a person or thing briefly under water. Pharisees The Pharisees
were a Jewish religious group that claimed to follow carefully all Jewish laws and
customs. Sadducees A leading Jewish religious group. They accepted only the first
five books of the Old Testament. They believed that people don't live again after
death. Abraham The most respected ancestor of th e Jews. trees The people that don't
accept Jesus. They are like "trees" that will be cut down. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also
called the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God
and Christ, he does God's work among people in the world. clean the grain John means
that Jesus will separate the good people from the bad people.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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