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And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,
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and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'
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for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'
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And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.
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Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,
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and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.