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21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus too was baptized, and as he was praying, heaven was opened

22and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: "You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased."

1One day, as the crowd pressed in on him to hear the word of God, Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret.

2He saw two boats sitting by the lake; the fishermen had stepped out of them and were washing their nets.

3He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat.

4When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch."

5Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing. But at your word I will let down the nets."

6When they had done so, they caught such a huge number of fish that their nets began to tear.

7So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. They came, and together they filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

8When Simon Peter saw it, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man."

9For he and all who were with him were seized with amazement at the catch of fish they had taken,

10and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will be catching people."

11So they brought their boats to shore, left everything behind, and followed him.

1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

2during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

3He went through all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'

5Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low; the crooked ways shall become straight, and the rough roads smooth.

6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God."

7So he said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

8Produce fruit worthy of repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able to raise up children for Abraham out of these stones.

9The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

10The crowds asked him, "What then should we do?"

11He answered them, "Whoever has two tunics should share with the one who has none, and whoever has food should do the same."

12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

13He told them, "Collect no more than the amount appointed to you."

14Soldiers too asked him, "And what should we do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone, do not accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages."

15The people were filled with expectation, and everyone was wondering in their hearts whether John might be the Christ.

16John answered them all, "I baptize you with water. But one mightier than I is coming, and I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

17His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."

18And with many other exhortations he proclaimed the good news to the people.

1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,

2where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.

3The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread."

4Jesus answered him, "It is written: 'Man shall not live by bread alone.'"

5Then the devil led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a single moment,

6and said to him, "I will give you all this authority and their glory, for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to anyone I please.

7So if you will bow down before me, it will all be yours."

8Jesus answered him, "It is written: 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him alone shall you serve.'"

9Then he took him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here.

10For it is written: 'He will command his angels concerning you, to guard you,'

11and, 'On their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"

12Jesus answered him, "It is said: 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

13When the devil had finished every temptation, he left him until another time.