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The Syriac Orthodox Christian Digest - February, 2005

Bible Study - Matthew Chapter 3
Koine Greek

1 en de taiV hmeraiV ekeinaiV paraginetai iwannhV o baptisthV khrusswn en th erhmw thV ioudaiaV

2 [kai] legwn, metanoeite, hggiken gar h basileia twn ouranwn.

3 outoV gar estin o rhqeiV dia hsaiou tou profhtou legontoV, fwnh bowntoV en th erhmw, etoimasate thn odon kuriou, euqeiaV poieite taV tribouV autou.

4 autoV de o iwannhV eicen to enduma autou apo tricwn kamhlou kai zwnhn dermatinhn peri thn osfun autou, h de trofh hn autou akrideV kai meli agrion.

5 tote exeporeueto proV auton ierosoluma kai pasa h ioudaia kai pasa h pericwroV tou iordanou,

6 kai ebaptizonto en tw iordanh potamw up autou exomologoumenoi taV amartiaV autwn.

7 idwn de pollouV twn farisaiwn kai saddoukaiwn ercomenouV epi to baptisma autou eipen autoiV, gennhmata ecidnwn, tiV upedeixen umin fugein apo thV melloushV orghV;

8 poihsate oun karpon axion thV metanoiaV:

9 kai mh doxhte legein en eautoiV, patera ecomen ton abraam, legw gar umin oti dunatai o qeoV ek twn liqwn toutwn egeirai tekna tw abraam.

10 hdh de h axinh proV thn rizan twn dendrwn keitai: pan oun dendron mh poioun karpon kalon ekkoptetai kai eiV pur balletai.

11 egw men umaV baptizw en udati eiV metanoian: o de opisw mou ercomenoV iscuroteroV mou estin, ou ouk eimi ikanoV ta upodhmata bastasai: autoV umaV baptisei en pneumati agiw kai puri:

12 ou to ptuon en th ceiri autou, kai diakaqariei thn alwna autou, kai sunaxei ton siton autou eiV thn apoqhkhn, to de acuron katakausei puri asbestw.

13 tote paraginetai o ihsouV apo thV galilaiaV epi ton iordanhn proV ton iwannhn tou baptisqhnai up autou.

14 o de iwannhV diekwluen auton legwn, egw creian ecw upo sou baptisqhnai, kai su erch proV me;

15 apokriqeiV de o ihsouV eipen proV auton, afeV arti, outwV gar prepon estin hmin plhrwsai pasan dikaiosunhn. tote afihsin auton.

16 baptisqeiV de o ihsouV euquV anebh apo tou udatoV: kai idou hnewcqhsan [autw] oi ouranoi, kai eiden [to] pneuma [tou] qeou katabainon wsei peristeran [kai] ercomenon ep auton:

17 kai idou fwnh ek twn ouranwn legousa, outoV estin o uioV mou o agaphtoV, en w eudokhsa.