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John the Baptist: 16 I baptize[a] you with water, but One is coming—One far more powerful than I, One whose sandals I am not worthy to untie—who will baptize[b] you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 He is coming like a farmer at harvesttime, tools in hand to separate the wheat from the chaff. He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire, and He will gather the genuine wheat into His barn.

18 He preached with many other provocative figures of speech and so conveyed God’s message to the people—the time had come to rethink everything.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Literally, immerse, to show repentance
  2. 3:16 Literally, immerse, to show repentance

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