1 In those days, John the Immerser came proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
2 “Turn away from your sins, for the kingdom of heaven is near!”
3 For he is the one Isaiah the prophet spoke about, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of Adonai, and make His paths straight.’”
4 Now John wore clothing from camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan.
6 Confessing their sins, they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River.