<p class="bodytext">And in this way,<n id="1" /> with many other exhortations, John<n id="2" /> proclaimed good news to the people.

Then if<n id="1" /> it bears fruit next year,<n id="2" /> very well,<n id="3" /> but if<n id="4" /> not, you can cut it down.&#8217;&#8221;p>

And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing<n id="1" /> wrong.&#8221;

Then<n id="1" /> they returned and prepared aromatic spices<n id="2" /> and perfumes.<n id="3" />p> <p class="bodytext">On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.<n id="4" />p>

So you testify that you approve of<n id="1" /> the deeds of your ancestors,<n id="2" /> because they killed the prophets<n id="3" /> and you build their<n id="4" /> tombs!<n id="5" />

For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined,<n id="1" /> but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!&#8221;

So<n id="1" /> when they came to the place that is called &#8220;The Skull,&#8221;<n id="2" /> they crucified<n id="3" /> him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

&#8220;A sower went out to sow<n id="1" /> his seed.<n id="2" /> And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds<n id="3" /> devoured it.

He<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest<n id="2" /> to send out<n id="3" /> workers into his harvest.

John answered them all,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I baptize you with water,<n id="2" /> but one more powerful than I am is coming &#8211; I am not worthy<n id="3" /> to untie the strap<n id="4" /> of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.<n id="5" />