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He answered and said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."
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Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?"
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And he said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed for you."
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Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages."
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Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,
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John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire."
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And with many other exhortations he preached to the people.
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But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
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also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.
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When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.