1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in the Prophets: “Look, I am sending My messenger before Your face,who will prepare Your way before You.”
3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way of the Lord,make His paths straight.’ ”
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5 The whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist. And he ate locusts and wild honey.