3 “There is a voice of a man whocalls out in the desert:‘Prepare the way for the Lord.Make the road straight for him.’” Isaiah 40:3
4 John was baptizing people in the desert. He preached a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.
5 All the people from Judea and Jerusalem were going out to John. They told about the sins they had done. Then they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
6 John wore clothes made from camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
7 This is what John preached to the people: “There is one coming later who is greater than I. I am not good enough even to kneel down and untie his sandals.
8 I baptize you with water. But the one who is coming will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9 At that time Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the place where John was. John baptized Jesus in the Jordan River.