12 His winnowing shovel[a] is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”(A)

The Baptism of Jesus

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.(B) 14 But John tried to stop Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:12 A wooden farm implement used to toss threshed grain into the wind so the lighter chaff would blow away and separate from the heavier grain

12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)

The Baptism of Jesus(B)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(C) 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

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