The visions of the grasshoppers and the plum - Amos 7

1 - And the LORD God hath shewed me, and behold, he made grasshoppers in the beginning of the bud of the latter herb, and, behold, it was the latter herb after the king's harvest.2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten the grass of the ground, I said, Lord, God, forgive; who will raise up Jacob? because he is small.3 - And the LORD repented it. It shall not come to pass, saith the LORD.4 - Thus saith the Lord GOD unto me, Behold, the Lord God hath cried to fight with fire; he consumed the great deep, and also a part of the earth.5 - And I said, Lord God, cease, I beseech thee; who will raise up Jacob? because it is small.6 - And the LORD repented thereof. Neither shall this be, saith the Lord Jehovah.7 - And he shewed me this: and, behold, Jehovah was upon a wall, which was lifted up; and had a plumb in his hand.8 - And the LORD said unto me, What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A plumb. And the LORD said, Behold, I will set the plumb in the midst of my people Israel; I will never go through it again.9 - But the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel destroyed; and I will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.10 - And Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel; the earth can not suffer all its words.11 - For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel will certainly be taken out of his land in captivity.12 - And Amaziah said unto Amos, Go thy way, O seer, and flee to the land of Judah, and there eat the bread, and prophesy there;13 - But do not prophesy in Bethel any more, for it is the sanctuary of the king and the royal house.14 - And Amos answered, saying unto Amaziah, I am not a prophet, nor a prophet's son, but a shepherd, and a cultivator of sycamores.15 - But the LORD hath taken me from following the flock, and the LORD hath said unto me, Go, and prophesy unto my people Israel.16 - And now hear the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, nor speak against the house of Isaac.17 - Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided in the line, and thou shalt die in the unclean land; and Israel shall surely be taken captive out of the land. their land.

Preaching of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus Christ - Matthew 3

Preaching of John the Baptist

1 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

2 - And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3 - For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

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

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

7 - But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

8 - Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:*meet...: or, answerable to amendment of life

9 - And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

10 - And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

11 - I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

12 - Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Baptism of Jesus Christ

13 - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

14 - But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15 - And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

16 - And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:

17 - And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.