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Matthew 3:1-6; Mark 1:2-6; John 1:19-23">[xr] Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.

His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire."

But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, [fn] and for all the evils which Herod had done,

Genesis 5:1-32; 11:10-26; Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Chronicles 1:1-4,24-27,34; 2:1-15; Matthew 1:2-16">[xr] Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

For it is written: "He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you,'

Matthew 13:54-58; Mark 6:1-6">[xr] So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

So all bore witness to Him, and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"

Then He said, "Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.

Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.

Matthew 8:16,17; Mark 1:32-34">[xr] When the sun was setting, all those who had any that were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and He laid His hands on every one of them and healed them.

Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45">[xr] And it happened when He was in a certain city, that behold, a man who was full of leprosy saw Jesus; and he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."

Then He put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately the leprosy left him.

And when they could not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.

Immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.

Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.

And their scribes and the Pharisees [fn] complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now it happened on the second Sabbath after the first [fn] that He went through the grainfields. And His disciples plucked the heads of grain and ate them, rubbing them in their hands.

And when He had looked around at them all, He said to the man, [fn] "Stretch out your hand." And he did so, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. [fn]