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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | In those dayes came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iewry, |
| 3:2 | and sayeng: Repent of the life that is past, for the kingdome of heauen is at hand. |
| 3:3 | For this is he, of whom the Prophete Esaye spake, which sayeth: The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes, prepare ye the waye of the Lorde: & make hys pathes streyght. |
| 3:4 | Thys Iohn had hys rayment of camels heer. And a gyrdell of a skynne about hys loynes. His meat was locustes and wylde hony. |
| 3:5 | Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iewrye, and all the regyon rounde about Iordan, |
| 3:6 | and were baptysed of hym in Iordan, confessyng their synnes. |
| 3:7 | But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to hys baptyme, he sayd vnto them: O generacion of vypers, who hath taught you to fle from the vengeaunce to come? |
| 3:8 | Bring forth therfore the frutes that belong to repentaunce. |
| 3:9 | And be not of soch mynde that ye wolde saye wtin your selues: we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you: that God is able to bryng to passe, that of these stones ther shall ryse vp children vnto Abraham. |
| 3:10 | Euen now is the axe also put vnto the rote of the trees: so that euery tree which bringeth not forth good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. |
| 3:11 | I baptyse you in water vnto repentaunce: but he that shall come after me is myghtyer then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare. He shall baptise you with the holy ghost and with fyre: |
| 3:12 | whose fan is in hys hand, & he wyll purge hys floore, & gather his wheat into the barne, but wyll burne the chaffe wt vnquencheable fyre. |
| 3:13 | Then commeth Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Iohn to be baptysed of hym. |
| 3:14 | But Iohn forbade hym, sayinge: I haue nede to be baptised of the: and commest thou to me? |
| 3:15 | Iesus answered & said vnto him: Let it be so now. For thus it becometh vs to fulfyll all ryghteousnesse. Then he suffred hym. |
| 3:16 | And Iesus when he was baptised, came straight waye out of the water. And lo heuen was open vnto him: and he sawe the sprete of God descendynge lyke a doue, and lyghtyng vpon hym. |
| 3:17 | And loo, there came a voyce from heauen saienge. Thys is my beloued sonne, in whom I am well pleased. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."