12. And the publicans also came to be baptized, and said to him: Master, what shall we do?
13. But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.
14. And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And he said to them: Do violence to no man; neither calumniate any man; and be content with your pay.
15. And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ;
16. John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water; but there shall come one mightier that I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to loose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
17. Whose fan is in his hand, and he will purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
18. And many other things exhorting, did he preach to the people.