Matthew 3:1-6

The Preaching of John the Baptist

1 Now ¹in those days ²John the Baptist came, preaching in the ³wilderness of Judea, saying,

2 "⁴Repent, for ⁵the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

3 For this is the ⁶one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, "⁷THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, '⁸MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!' "

4 Now John himself had ⁹a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was ¹⁰locusts and wild honey.

5 Then Jerusalem ¹¹was going out to him, and all Judea and all ¹²the district around the Jordan;

6 and they were being ¹³baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:1-12: {Mark 1:3-8; Luke 3:2-17;} John 1:6-8, 19-28
• 2. Matthew 11:11-14; Matthew 16:14
• 3. Joshua 15:61; Judges 1:16
• 4. Matthew 4:17
• 5. Daniel 2:44; Matthew 4:17, 23; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 10:7; Mark 1:15; Luke 10:9; Luke 11:20; Luke 21:31
• 6. Luke 1:17, 76
• 7. Isaiah 40:3
• 8. John 1:23
• 9. 2 Kings 1:8; Zechariah 13:4; Matthew 11:8; Mark 1:6
• 10. Leviticus 11:22
• 11. Mark 1:5
• 12. Luke 3:3
• 13. Matt 3:11, 13-16; Mark 1:5; John 1:25, 26; John 3:23; Acts 1:5; Acts 2:38-41; Acts 10:37

Footnotes

• [a] Or "arrived", or "appeared"
• [b] Or "proclaiming as a herald"
• [c] Lit "has come near"
• [d] Or "through"
• [e] Or "shouting"
• [f] Lit "his garment"