Parallel Bible results for "Matthew 3:1-6"

Matthew 3:1-6

Lexham English Bible LEB

1 Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Judean wilderness

2 and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

3 For this is the one who was spoken about by the prophet Isaiah, saying, "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'"<note: A quotation from Isa 40:3>

4 Now John himself had his clothing made from camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan were going out to him,

6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

New International Version NIV

1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

3 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.’ ”

4 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.

5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.