Goodspeed(i)
1 In those days John the Baptist appeared, and preached in the desert of Judea.
2 "Repent!" he said, "for the Kingdom of Heaven is coming!"
3 It was he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, when he said, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight!' "
4 John wore clothing made of hair cloth, and he had a leather belt around his waist, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole Jordan valley went out to him,
6 and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.