2 He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”
3 John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said,“In the desert someoneis shouting,‘Get the road readyfor the Lord!Make a straight pathfor him.’ ”
4 John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
5 From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the River Jordan Valley crowds of people went to John.
6 They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.
7 Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them:You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?
8 Do something to show that you have really given up your sins.