Conclusion of John Prepares the Way

John said to the tax collectors: 'Be honest and do not cheat anybody.'  He told the soldiers: 'Do not accept bribes or tell lies.'

Priests and Levites also came to John and asked him:  'Who are you?  Everyone wants to know.'  John said:  'I am a voice in the wilderness, leading people to Jehovah, just as Isaiah foretold.'

People loved what John was teaching them.  Many wondered if John was the Messiah. But he told them:  'Someone much greater is coming. I am not good enough to untied his sandals. I baptized with water, but he will baptize with spirit.'

"This man came as a witness, in order to bear witness about the light, so that people of all sorts might believe through him." -JOHN 1:7.

Matthew 3:1-11; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:18; John 1:19-28; Isaiah 40:3.

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