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Peshitta 3

Syriac

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In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.

5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

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About Peshitta

The Bible of the Syriac tradition, in late Aramaic, still in use by the churches of the East. It preserves readings missing from the Greek manuscripts. Selection read in the King James Version text of Matthew (1611, public domain); Portuguese and Spanish are Lux Veritas translations from it. It is not a transcription of the manuscript.

Source: King James Version (London: Robert Barker, 1611), excerpts from Matthew, King James Version translators (1611) · public domain