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Pharisees and Sadducees... These were two sects among the Jews: of which
the former were for the most part notorious hypocrites; the latter, a
kind of freethinkers in matters of religion.
3:8. Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
3:9. And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our
father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up
children to Abraham.
3:10. For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree
therefore that doth not yield good fruit, shall be cut down, and cast
into the fire.
3:11. I indeed baptize you in water unto penance, but he that shall come
after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he
shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
3:12. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor
and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn with
unquenchable fire.
3:13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be
baptized by him.
3:14. But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and
comest thou to me?
3:15. And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so
it becometh us to fulfil all justice. Then he suffered him.
3:16. And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo,
the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending
as a dove, and coming upon him.
3:17. And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
Matthew Chapter 4
Christ's fast of forty days: He is tempted. He begins to preach, to call
disciples to him, and to work miracles.
4:1. Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by
the devil.
4:2. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he
was hungry.
4:3. And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made bread.
4:4. Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man
live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
4:5. Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the
pinnacle of the temple,
4:6. And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for
it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in
their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
4:7. Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God.
4:8. Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed
him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,
Shewed him, etc... That is, pointed out to him where each kingdom lay;
and set forth in words what was most glorious and admirable in each of
them. Or also set before his eyes, as it were in a large map, a lively
representation of all those kingdoms.
4:9. And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou
wilt adore me.
4:10. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The
Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
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