Matthew 3:1-6 ▼

1 In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea

2 [and] saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

3 It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: “A voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”

4 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5 At that time Jerusalem, all Judea, and the whole region around the Jordan were going out to him

6 and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.