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and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
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This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”[a]
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John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.
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Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
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Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 7:21; S Matthew 25:34; Luke 11:20; Luke 17:20,21; Luke 19:11; Luke 21:31; John 3:3,5; Acts 1:3,6