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   at His understanding and His answers.   
   48 When they saw Him, they were amazed. And His mother said to Him,   
   "Son, why have You dealt with us like this?   
   Look, Your father and I have anxiously searched for You."   
   49 (Jn 4:34) He said to them, "How is it that you searched for Me? Did you   
   not know that I must be about My Father's business?"   
   50 (Lk 18:34; Mk 9:32) But they did not understand the word which   
   He spoke to them.   
   51 (Lk 2:19; Mk 6:3) Then He went down with them and came to Nazareth   
   and was obedient to them. But His mother kept all these words in her heart.   
   52 (1Sa 2:26; Lk 2:40) And Jesus increased in wisdom   
   and in stature and in favor with God and men.   
      
   [41] Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the   
   passover.   
   [42] And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the   
   custom of the feast.   
   [43] And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus   
   tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.   
   [44] But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's   
   journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.   
   [45] And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem,   
   seeking him.   
   [46] And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the   
   temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking   
   them questions.   
   [47] And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and   
   answers.   
   [48] And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him,   
   Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought   
   thee sorrowing.   
   [49] And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I   
   must be about my Father's business?   
   [50] And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.   
   [51] And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto   
   them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.   
   [52] And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and   
   man.   
      
   Mark 1:2-8   
      
   2 (Mal 3:1; Mt 11:10; Lk 1:76) As it is written in the Prophets:   
   "Look, I am sending My messenger before Your face,   
   who will prepare Your way before You." [Mal 3:1].   
   3 (Mt 3:3) "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:   
   'Prepare the way of the Lord,   
   make His paths straight.' " [Isa 40:3].   
   4 (Lk 1:77) John came baptizing in the wilderness   
   and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.   
   5 (Ac 19:18) The whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem   
   went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River,   
   confessing their sins.   
   6 (Lev 11:22; 2Ki 1:8) John was clothed with camel's hair   
   and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.   
   7 (Ac 13:25; Jn 1:27) He preached saying, "After me is coming One mightier   
   than I, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.   
   8 (Ac 1:5; Isa 44:3) I indeed have baptized you with water,   
   but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."   
      
   [2] As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before   
   thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.   
   [3] The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the   
   Lord, make his paths straight.   
   [4] John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of   
   repentance for the remission of sins.   
   [5] And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of   
   Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan,   
   confessing their sins.   
   [6] And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin   
   about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;   
   [7] And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the   
   latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.   
   [8] I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with   
   the Holy Ghost.   
      
   Matthew 3:1-12   
      
   The Preaching of John the Baptist   
      
   Mk 1:1-8; Lk 3:1-9, 15-17; Jn 1:19-28   
      
   1 (Mt 11:11; 16:14) In those days John the Baptist came, preaching   
   in the wilderness of Judea,   
   2 (Mt 4:17; Da 2:44; Mt 6:10) and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven   
   is at hand."   
   3 (Isa 40:3; Lk 1:76) 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.' " [Isa 40:3].   
   4 (Lev 11:22; 2Ki 1:8) This same John had clothing made of camel's hair,   
   a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.   
   5 (Mk 1:5) Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region   
   around the Jordan went out to him,   
   6 (Ac 19:18; Mt 3:11) and were baptized by him in the Jordan,   
   confessing their sins.   
   7 (Mt 12:34; 23:33) But when he saw many of the Pharisees   
   and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them,   
   "O generation of vipers, who has warned you to escape from the wrath to come?   
   8 (Ac 26:20; Jer 36:3) Therefore, bear fruit worthy of repentance,   
   9 (Lk 3:8; 16:24) and do not think to say within yourselves,   
   'We have Abraham as our father,' for I say to you that God is able   
   from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.   
   10 (Mt 7:19; Jn 15:2) Even now the axe is put to the tree roots.   
   Therefore, every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down   
   and thrown into the fire.   
   11 (Ac 1:5; Lk 3:16; Isa 4:4) "I indeed baptize you with water to repentance,   
   but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy   
   to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.   
   12 (Mal 4:1; Mt 13:30) His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly   
   clean His floor and gather His wheat into the granary,   
   but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."   
      
   [1] In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of   
   Judaea,   
   [2] And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.   
   [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.   
   [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.   
   [5] Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round   
   about Jordan,   
   [6] And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.   
   [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?   
   [8] Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:   
   [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.   
   [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.   
   [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:   
   [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.   
      
   Luke 3:1-18   
      
   The Preaching of John the Baptist   
      
   Mt 3:1-12; Mk 1:1-8; Jn 1:19-28   
      
   1 (Mt 14:1; 27:2) In the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius,   
   Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee,   
      
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