People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

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Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

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Confessing their sins, they were baptized(A) by him in the Jordan River.

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And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

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Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(A)

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And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness,(A) and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors(B) and the prostitutes(C) did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent(D) and believe him.

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32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

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The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

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32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)(A)

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32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

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John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers!(A) Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?(B)

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Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John(A) might possibly be the Messiah.(B)

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15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

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