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John the Baptist
The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are referred to as the synoptic chapters because they look so much alike. One of the first differences you will notice between the synoptics is that Mark is much shorter than the other two. You will also notice that Matthew appears to be written for Jews, since he commonly refers to things happening to fulfill the Old Testament. So ....
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.... of a baptism of repentance in preparation for the Messiah. Crowds came to be baptized among them his cousin Jesus of Nazareth, whom John recognized as the Messiah.
So the baptism account which is three verses in Mark (1:9-11) and two similar verses in Luke (2:21-22), is five verses in Matthew (3:13-17). It is there that we hear John the Baptist tells Jesus that he is unworthy to baptize him. But Jesus' reply is that this is necessary to "fu ....
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