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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.

And he came and was living in a town named Nazareth: so that the word of the prophets might come true, He will be named a Nazarene.

And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.

Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

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.

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:

But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:

Then said Jesus to him, Away, Satan: for it is in the Writings, Give worship to the Lord your God and be his servant only.

Matthew 3

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.

And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

And after hearing the king, they went on their way; and the star which they saw in the east went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the young child was.

Then Herod sent for the wise men privately, and put questions to them about what time the star had been seen.

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?

And when they saw the star they were full of joy.

Matthew 4

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

In Ramah there was a sound of weeping and great sorrow, Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be comforted for their loss.

And it was made clear to them by God in a dream that they were not to go back to Herod; so they went into their country by another way.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

And he got together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, questioning them as to where the birth-place of the Christ would be.