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Matthew Chapter 3

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Matthew

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Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount by calling the poor in spirit, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, and promises them the kingdom of God. He calls the tax collectors and sinners, the blind, the lame, and the oppressed, inviting them to follow Him. The chapter emphasizes humility, repentance, and the call to love God and neighbor.

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(1) In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
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Luke 3:1Luke 3:2Matthew 11:11Matthew 14:2Matthew 14:3Matthew 14:4Matthew 14:5Matthew 14:6Matthew 14:7Matthew 14:8Matthew 14:9Matthew 14:10

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Luke 7:24

(2) And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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Matthew 4:17Matthew 11:20Matthew 12:41Matthew 21:29Matthew 21:30Matthew 21:31Matthew 21:32I Kings 8:47Job 42:6Ezekiel 18:30Ezekiel 18:31Ezekiel 18:32

(3) 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.
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Isaiah 40:3Mark 1:3Luke 3:3Luke 3:4Luke 3:5Luke 3:6John 1:23Isaiah 57:14Isaiah 57:15Malachi 3:1Luke 1:17Luke 1:76

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Luke 3:4Mark 1:3John 1:23Isaiah 40:3Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(4) And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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Matthew 11:8II Kings 1:8Zechariah 13:4Malachi 4:5Mark 1:6Luke 1:17Revelation 11:3Matthew 11:18Leviticus 11:22Deuteronomy 32:13I Samuel 14:25I Samuel 14:26

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Mark 1:6II Kings 16:15Isaiah 11:5

(5) Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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Matthew 4:25Matthew 11:7Matthew 11:8Matthew 11:9Matthew 11:10Matthew 11:11Matthew 11:12Mark 1:5Luke 3:7Luke 16:16John 3:23John 5:35

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Joshua 4:7I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23Luke 7:17

(6) And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Matthew 3:11Matthew 3:13Matthew 3:14Matthew 3:15Matthew 3:16Ezekiel 36:25Mark 1:8Mark 1:9Luke 3:16John 1:25John 1:26John 1:27

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Mark 1:5Joshua 4:7

(7) 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?
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Matthew 5:20Matthew 12:24Matthew 15:12Matthew 16:6Matthew 16:11Matthew 16:12Matthew 22:15Matthew 22:23Matthew 22:34Matthew 23:13Matthew 23:14Matthew 23:15

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Luke 3:7

(8) Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
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Matthew 21:28Matthew 21:29Matthew 21:30Matthew 21:32Isaiah 1:16Isaiah 1:17Luke 3:8Luke 3:10Luke 3:11Luke 3:12Luke 3:13Luke 3:14

(9) And 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.
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Mark 7:21Luke 3:8Luke 5:22Luke 7:39Luke 12:17Ezekiel 33:24Luke 16:24John 8:33John 8:39John 8:40John 8:53Acts 13:26

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Luke 3:8I Chronicles 29:2Genesis 18:33Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:11Genesis 22:13

(10) 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.
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Malachi 3:1Malachi 3:2Malachi 3:3Malachi 4:1Hebrews 3:1Hebrews 3:2Hebrews 3:3Hebrews 10:28Hebrews 10:29Hebrews 10:30Hebrews 10:31Hebrews 12:25

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Luke 3:9Matthew 7:17Matthew 12:33Luke 6:43Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12

(11) 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 with fire:
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Matthew 3:6Mark 1:4Mark 1:8Luke 3:3Luke 3:16John 1:26John 1:33Acts 1:5Acts 11:16Acts 13:24Acts 19:4Luke 1:17

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Luke 3:16Mark 1:7Acts 13:25Mark 1:8I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19

(12) Whose 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.
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Isaiah 30:24Isaiah 41:16Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 15:7Jeremiah 51:2Luke 3:17Matthew 13:41Matthew 13:49Matthew 13:50Malachi 3:2Malachi 3:3Malachi 4:1

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Luke 3:17Matthew 13:30I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19

(13) Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
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Matthew 2:22Mark 1:9Luke 3:21

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Mark 1:9Joshua 4:7John 10:40Proverbs 1:27Acts 1:5Acts 11:16

(14) But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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Luke 1:43John 13:6John 13:7John 13:8John 1:16John 3:3John 3:4John 3:5John 3:6John 3:7Acts 1:5Acts 1:6

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Acts 1:5Acts 11:16

(15) And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
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John 13:7John 13:8John 13:9Psalms 40:7Psalms 40:8Isaiah 42:21Luke 1:6John 4:34John 8:29John 13:15John 15:10Philippians 2:7

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Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(16) 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:
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Mark 1:10Ezekiel 1:1Luke 3:21Acts 7:56Isaiah 11:2Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 59:21Isaiah 61:1Luke 3:22John 1:31John 1:32John 1:33

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Mark 1:10Psalms 68:33Psalms 148:4Luke 3:21

(17) And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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John 5:37John 12:28John 12:29John 12:30Revelation 14:2Matthew 12:18Matthew 17:5Psalms 2:7Isaiah 42:1Isaiah 42:21Mark 1:11Mark 9:7

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II Kings 4:26Song of Solomon 5:9Genesis 29:2Matthew 12:18Matthew 17:5Mark 1:11

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