Matthew 3:1-5

Moffatt(i) 1 In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea, 2 "Repent, the Reign of heaven is near." 3 (This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.') 4 This John had his clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather girdle round his loins; his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and the whole of Judaea and all the Jordan-district went out to him