1Nowe in the fifteenth yeere of the reigne of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being gouernour of Iudea, and Herod being Tetrarch of Galile, and his brother Philip Tetrarch of Iturea, and of the countrey of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the Tetrarch of Abilene,

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Luke 2:1, Matthew 27:2, Luke 2:1, Matthew 27:2, Acts 4:27

2(When Annas and Caiaphas were the hie Priestes) the worde of God came vnto Iohn, the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernes.

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Acts 4:6, Acts 4:6, Luke 1:80, John 18:24, Jonah 1:1

3And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,

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Luke 1:77, Luke 1:77, Matthew 3:5, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 3:11

4As it is written in the booke of the sayings of Esaias the Prophet, which saith, The voyce of him that crieth in the wildernes is, Prepare ye the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

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Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 40:3, Isaiah 40:5, John 1:23

5Euery valley shalbe filled, and euery mountaine and hill shall be brought lowe, and crooked things shalbe made straight, and the rough wayes shalbe made smoothe.

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Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 40:4, Isaiah 42:16, Isaiah 45:2

6And all flesh shall see the saluation of God.

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Isaiah 52:10, Isaiah 52:10, Isaiah 40:5, Isaiah 40:5, Psalms 98:2

7Then said he to the people that were come out to be baptized of him, O generations of vipers, who hath forewarned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Matthew 23:33, Matthew 23:33, Matthew 12:34, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, Matthew 12:34

8Bring foorth therefore fruites worthy amendment of life, and beginne not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

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Acts 26:20, Ezekiel 18:27, Ezekiel 18:31, Acts 26:20, Ezekiel 18:27

9Nowe also is the axe layed vnto the roote of the trees: therefore euery tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite, shalbe hewen downe, and cast into the fire.

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Matthew 7:19, Matthew 7:19, John 15:6, John 15:6, Luke 13:9

10Then the people asked him, saying, What shall we doe then?

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Acts 2:37, Acts 2:37, Luke 3:14, Luke 3:14, Acts 16:30

11And he answered, and said vnto them, He that hath two coates, let him part with him that hath none: and hee that hath meate, let him doe likewise.

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Isaiah 58:7, Isaiah 58:11, Isaiah 58:7, Isaiah 58:11, 1 John 3:17

12Then came there Publicanes also to bee baptized, and saide vnto him, Master, what shall we doe?

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Luke 7:29, Luke 7:29, Luke 18:13, Luke 15:1, Luke 15:2

13And hee saide vnto them, Require no more then that which is appointed vnto you.

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1 Corinthians 6:10, Luke 19:8, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Luke 19:8, Ephesians 4:28

14The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.

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Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6, Exodus 20:16, Hebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:6

15As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,

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John 10:24, John 10:24, John 3:28, John 3:29, John 1:19

16Iohn answered, and saide to them all, In deede I baptize you with water, but one stronger then I, commeth, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose: hee will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

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Acts 1:5, Matthew 3:11, Acts 1:5, Matthew 3:11, Acts 11:15

17Whose fanne is in his hande, and hee will make cleane his floore, and will gather the wheate into his garner, but the chaffe will hee burne vp with fire that neuer shalbe quenched.

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Matthew 13:30, Matthew 13:30, Micah 4:12, Jeremiah 15:7, Micah 4:12

18Thus then exhorting with many other things, he preached vnto the people.

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Acts 2:40, Acts 2:40, John 1:15, John 1:29, John 3:29

19But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,

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Luke 3:1, Mark 6:17, Mark 6:18, Luke 3:1, Mark 6:17

20He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

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2 Chronicles 36:16, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 22:7, John 3:24, 1 Thessalonians 2:15

21Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:

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John 1:32, John 1:34, John 1:32, John 1:34, Matthew 3:13

22And the holy Ghost came downe in a bodily shape like a doue, vpon him, and there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne: in thee I am well pleased.

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Psalms 2:7, Psalms 2:7, 2 Peter 1:17, 2 Peter 1:18, 2 Peter 1:17

23And Iesus himselfe began to bee about thirtie yeere of age, being as men supposed the sonne of Ioseph, which was the sonne of Eli,

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Matthew 13:55, Numbers 4:3, Matthew 13:55, Numbers 4:3, Matthew 4:17

24The sonne of Matthat, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Ianna, the sonne of Ioseph,

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25The sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Amos, the sonne of Naum, the sonne of Esli, the sonne of Nagge,

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26The sonne of Maath, the sonne of Mattathias, the sonne of Semei, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Iuda,

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27The sonne of Ioanna, the sonne of Rhesa, the sonne of Zorobabel, the sonne of Salathiel, the sonne of Neri,

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Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:12

28The sonne of Melchi, the sonne of Addi, the sonne of Cosam, the sonne of Elmodam, the sonne of Er,

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29The sonne of Iose, the sonne of Eliezer, the sonne of Iorim, the sonne of Matthat, the son of Leui,

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30The sonne of Simeon, the sonne of Iuda, the sonne of Ioseph, the sonne of Ionan, the sonne of Eliacim,

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31The sonne of Melea, the sonne of Mainan, the sonne of Mattatha, the sonne of Nathan, the sonne of Dauid,

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2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicles 3:5, Zechariah 12:12

32The sonne of Iesse, the sonne of Obed, the sonne of Booz, the sonne of Salmon, the sonne of Naasson,

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1 Chronicles 2:10, 1 Chronicles 2:15, Isaiah 11:1, Isaiah 11:2, Matthew 1:3

33The sonne of Aminadab, the sonne of Aram, the sonne of Esrom, the sonne of Phares, the sonne of Iuda,

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Numbers 26:20, Numbers 26:21, Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:4, Genesis 29:35

34The sonne of Iacob, the sonne of Isaac, the sonne of Abraham, the sonne of Thara, the sonne of Nachor,

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Genesis 21:3, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 21:3, Genesis 25:26, 1 Chronicles 1:34

35The sonne of Saruch, the sonne of Ragau, the sonne of Phalec, the sonne of Eber, the sonne of Sala,

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Genesis 11:12, Genesis 11:21, Genesis 10:24, Genesis 10:25, Genesis 11:12

36The sonne of Cainan, the sonne of Arphaxad, the sonne of Sem, the sonne of Noe, the sonne of Lamech,

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Ezekiel 14:14, Hebrews 11:7, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 6:10

37The sonne of Mathusala, the sonne of Enoch, the sonne of Iared, the sonne of Maleleel, the sonne of Cainan,

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1 Chronicles 1:1, 1 Chronicles 1:3, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:28, 1 Chronicles 1:1

38The sonne of Enos, the sonne of Seth, the sonne of Adam, the sonne of God.

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Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:7, 1 Corinthians 15:45, 1 Corinthians 15:47, Isaiah 64:8