¹ And it was, after these words^*, that they sinned, the cupbearer^* of the king of Egypt and the baker, against^▵ their lord, against^▵ the king of Egypt.

² And Pharaoh was·​·enraged over his two chamberlains, over the prince of the cupbearers, and over the prince of the bakers.

³ And he put^◦ them under^▫ guard in the house of the prince of the guards^◦, into^▵ the jail house, the place where Joseph was bound.

⁴ And the prince of the guards^◦ appointed Joseph over them, and he ministered to them; and they were days under^▫ guard.

⁵ And they dreamed a dream, the two of them, a man^◦ his dream in one night, each man^◦ according·​·to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the jail house.

⁶ And Joseph came to^▵ them in the morning, and saw them, and behold, they were gloomy.

⁷ And he asked the chamberlains of Pharaoh who were with^◦ him under guard in the house of his lord, saying, Wherefore are your faces evil today?

⁸ And they said to^▵ him, We have dreamed a dream and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to^▵ them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Recount^◦ it to me, I pray^◦.

⁹ And the prince of the cupbearers recounted^◦ his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream behold, a vine was before me.

¹⁰ And on^◦ the vine were three tendrils, and it^◦ was as though it flourished, its blossom went·​·up, and its clusters ripened grapes.

¹¹ And Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into^▵ Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup upon the palm of Pharaoh’s hand.

¹² And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it. The three tendrils, they^◦ are three days.

¹³ In yet three days shall Pharaoh lift·​·up thy head, and shall return thee to thy position^◦, and thou shalt give the cup of Pharaoh into his hand, according·​·to the former manner^* when^▵ thou wast his cupbearer.

¹⁴ But^◦ remember me with^◦ thee when^▵ it is·​·well for thee, and do mercy, I pray^◦, with·​·me, and make·​·mention of me to^▵ Pharaoh, and cause me to come·​·out from this house.

¹⁵ For being stolen I was stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and even here I have not done anything that they should set me in the pit.

¹⁶ And the prince of the bakers saw that he had interpreted for good, and he said to^▵ Joseph, I^◦ also^◦ was in my dream, and behold, three baskets with·​·holes were on my head.

¹⁷ And in the highest^◦ basket there was of all the food for Pharaoh, made by the baker; and the fowl ate them from the basket from on my head.

¹⁸ And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets, they^◦ are three days.

¹⁹ In yet three days shall Pharaoh lift thy head from upon thee, and shall hang thee on wood^*; and the fowl shall eat thy flesh from on thee.

²⁰ And it was on the third day, the birthday of Pharaoh, and he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the prince of the cupbearers and the head of the prince of the bakers in the midst of his servants.

²¹ And he returned the prince of the cupbearers to his cupbearing; and he gave the cup on the palm of the hand of Pharaoh.

²² And he hanged the prince of the bakers; as^◦ Joseph interpreted to them.

²³ And the prince of the cupbearers did not remember Joseph, and he forgot him.

¹ And^◦ in the fifteenth year of the governing of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and^◦ his brother Philip being tetrarch of Iturea and of the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

² in the time of the chief·​·priests Annas and Caiaphas, the saying of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

³ And he came into all the countryside of Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for^◦ the forgiveness^* of sins,

⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying^◦ in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

⁵ Every valley shall be filled·​·full, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.^*

⁷ Then^◦ he said to the crowds that went·​·out to be baptized by him, Brood of vipers, who^◦ has shown you to flee from the anger to·​·come?

⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say in yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

⁹ And^◦ also the axe is already laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree not^◦ making good^◦ fruit is cut·​·down and cast into the fire.

¹⁰ And the crowds asked him, saying, What then shall we do?

¹¹ And^◦ answering, he says to them, He who has two tunics, let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.

¹² And^◦ the publicans also came to be baptized, and said^◦ to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

¹³ And^◦ he said^◦ to them, Exact no more than that which you have been instructed.

¹⁴ And^◦ the soldiers also asked him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with^* your wages.

¹⁵ And^◦ as the people were·​·in·​·expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether·​·or·​·not he were the Christ,

¹⁶ John answered, saying to all, I^◦ indeed baptize you with water, but^◦ there comes One stronger than I, the strap of whose shoes I am not worthy^◦ to loose; He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

¹⁷ whose fan is in His hand, and He will purge His floor, and will gather His wheat into His barn, but^◦ the chaff He will burn·​·up with unquenchable fire.

¹⁸ And exhorting in many other things indeed, he announced the gospel to the people.

¹⁹ But^◦ Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for^▵ Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for^▵ all the evils^◦ which Herod had done,

²⁰ added yet this to all, that he shut up John in prison.

²¹ And^◦ it came to pass when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus, having been baptized, was praying, that heaven was opened,

²² and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily appearance^◦ like a dove upon Him, and there was^◦ a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee I am well·​·pleased.

²³ And Jesus Himself began to be about thirty years of age, being, it was supposed, the son of Joseph, of Eli,

²⁴ of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,

²⁵ of Mattathias, of Amos, of Naum, of Esli, of Nagga,

²⁶ of Maath, of Mattathias, of Semei, of Joseph, of Juda,

²⁷ of Joanna, of Rhesa, of Zerubbabel, of Salathiel, of Neri,

²⁸ of Melchi, of Addi, of Cosam, of Elmodam, of Er,

²⁹ of Jose, of Eliezer, of Jorim, of Matthat, of Levi,

³⁰ of Simeon, of Juda, of Joseph, of Jonan, of Eliakim,

³¹ of Melea, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,

³² of Jesse, of Obed, of Boaz, of Salmon, of Naasson,

³³ of Aminadab, of Aram, of Esrom, of Perez, of Judah,

³⁴ of Jacob, of Isaac, of Abraham, of Thara, of Nachor,

³⁵ of Saruch, of Ragau, of Phalec, of Heber, of Sala,

³⁶ of Cainan, of Arphaxad, of Shem, of Noah, of Lamech,

³⁷ of Mathusala, of Enoch, of Jared, of Maleleel, of Cainan,

³⁸ of Enos, of Seth, of Adam, of God.