1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
3 For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
4 Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.
5 Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,
6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.