so that every tree which fails to yield good fruit will quickly
be hewn down and thrown into the fire."
003:010 The crowds repeatedly asked him, "What then are we to do?"
003:011 "Let the man who has two coats," he answered, "give one
to the man who has none; and let the man who has food share
it with others."
003:012 There came also a party of tax-gatherers to be baptized,
and they asked him, "Rabbi, what are we to do?"
003:013 "Do not exact more than the legal amount," he replied.
003:014 The soldiers also once and again inquired of him, "And we,
what are we to do?" His answer was, "Neither intimidate any
one nor lay false charges; and be content with your pay."
003:015 And while the people were in suspense and all were debating
in their minds whether John might possibly be the Anointed One,
003:016 he answered the question by saying to them all, "As for me,
I am baptizing you with water, but One mightier than I is coming,
whose very sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten:
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and with fire.
003:017 His winnowing-shovel is in His hand to clear out His threshing-floor,
and to gather the wheat into His storehouse; but the chaff
He will burn up in fire unquenchable."
003:018 With many exhortations besides these he declared the Good News
to the people.
003:019 But Herod the Tetrarch, being repeatedly rebuked by him about
Herodias his brother's wife, and about all the wicked deeds
that he had done,
003:020 now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw
John into prison.
003:021 Now when all the people had been baptized, and Jesus also had
been baptized and was praying, the sky opened,