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| | The Young's Literal Translation Online Bible (YLT) | The Weymouth New Testament Online Bible (WEY) | The Basic English Online Bible (BAS) |
| Matthew 3:1 | And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, | About this time John the Baptist made his appearance, preaching in the Desert of Judaea. | And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, |
| Matthew 3:2 | and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,` | "Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now close at hand." | Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near. |
| Matthew 3:3 | for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.` | He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'" | For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. |
| Matthew 3:4 | And this John had his clothing of camel`s hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field. | This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey. | Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. |
| Matthew 3:5 | Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan, | Then large numbers of people went out to him people from Jerusalem and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley | Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan; |
| Matthew 3:6 | and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins. | and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession of their sins. | And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong. |
| Matthew 3:7 | And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath? | But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath? | But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? |
| Matthew 3:8 | bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, | Therefore let your lives prove your change of heart; | Let your change of heart be seen in your works: |
| Matthew 3:9 | and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham, | and do not imagine that you can say to yourselves, `We have Abraham as our forefather,' for I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones. | And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. |
| Matthew 3:10 | and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast. | And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees, so that every tree which does not produce good fruit will quickly be hewn down and thrown into the fire. | And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. |
| Matthew 3:11 | `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire, | I indeed am baptizing you in water on a profession of repentance; but He who is coming after me is mightier than I: His sandals I am not worthy to carry for a moment; He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire. | Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire: |
| Matthew 3:12 | whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.` | His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire." | In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out. |
| Matthew 3:13 | Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him, | Just at that time Jesus, coming from Galilee to the Jordan, presents Himself to John to be baptized by him. | Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him. |
| Matthew 3:14 | but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized and thou dost come unto me!` | John protested. "It is I," he said, "who have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" | But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me? |
| Matthew 3:15 | But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,` then he doth suffer him. | "Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented; | But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism. |
| Matthew 3:16 | And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, | and Jesus was baptized, and immediately went up from the water. At that moment the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him, | And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove; |
| Matthew 3:17 | and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, `This is My Son the Beloved, in whom I did delight.` | while a voice came from Heaven, saying, "This is My Son, the dearly loved, in whom is My delight." | And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased. |
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