Mace(i)
2 and saying, "Repent ye: for the kingdom of the Messiah draws nigh."
3 for it is of John the prophet Esaias spoke, when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths clear."
4 now John wore a coat made of camels hair, with a leathern girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild hony.
5 Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem, of all Judea, and the whole country about Jordan, came to him:
6 and having confess'd their sins, they were baptized by him in Jordan.
7 but when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadduces come to his baptism, he said to them, "Ye brood of vipers, who has warned you to fly from the wrath to come?
8 Let your actions then show your repentance: