Matthew 3:1-3 In those days appeared John the Immerser, who proclaimed in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ In those days appeared John the Immerser, who proclaimed in the wilderness of Judea, saying, ² Reform, for the Reign of Heaven approaches. ³ For this is he, of whom the Prophet Isaiah speaks in these words, "The voice of one proclaiming in the wilderness, Prepare a way for the Lord, make for him a straight passage."