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17 His winnowing [a] shovel is in his hand to clean up his threshing floor.[b] He will gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn the husks in a fire that can never be put out.”

18 With many other encouraging words, he told the Good News to the people.

19 John spoke out against the ruler Herod because Herod had married his own sister-in-law, Herodias. He also spoke out against Herod for all the evil things he had done.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:17 Winnowing   is the process of separating husks from grain.
  2. 3:17 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

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