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2 »Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.«
3 Isaiah spoke of John when he said: »He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of Jehovah. Make his paths straight.’« (Isaiah 40:3)
4 John wore clothes made from camel’s hair. He had a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
5 People from Jerusalem, Judea, and the whole Jordan Valley went to him.
6 They confessed their sins and were baptized by John in the Jordan River.
7 He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. »You offspring of vipers,« he said, »who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 »Bear fruit worthy of repentance!