Matthew 3
1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,
In those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury
2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.
saynge; Repet the kyngdome of heue is at honde.
3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
This is he of whom it is spoken by the Prophet Esay which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes prepare the Lordes waye and make hys pathes strayght.
4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.
This Iho had hys garmet of camels heer and a gerdell of a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony.
5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;
The went oute to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all ye regio roude aboute Iorda
6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.
and were baptised of him in Iorda cofessynge their synnes.
7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?
When he sawe many of ye Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto the: O generacio of vipers who hath taught you to fle fro the vengeauce to come?
8 Let your change of heart be seen in your works:
Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentauce.
9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.
And se that ye ons thynke not to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldern vnto Abraha.
10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.
Euenowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: soo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute is hewe doune and cast into ye fyre.
11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
I baptise you in water in toke of repentauce: but he ye cometh after me is myghtier then I whose shues I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with ye holy gost and with fyre:
12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
which hath also his fan in his hod and will pourge his floure and gadre ye wheet into his garner and will burne ye chaffe with vnquecheable fyre
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.
Then cam Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym.
14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me?
15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.
Iesus answered and sayd to hym: Let it be so now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightwesnes. Then he suffred hym.
16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
And Iesus assone as he was baptised came strayght out of ye water. And lo heue was ope over hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym.
17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
And lo there came a voyce from heven sayng: Thys ys that my beloved sonne in whom is my delyte.
