January 6, 2026

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Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

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And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

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For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

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Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

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A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

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And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

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And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.

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For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

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Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

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Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

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Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

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Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

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To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,

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Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

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Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

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That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

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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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John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

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

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And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

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But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

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Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

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Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

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And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.