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2 and saying, "Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near."
3 This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"
4 This very John had his clothing made of camel's hair, and wore a leather belt around his waist; his food was dried locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea, even the whole Jordan district, continued to go out to him
6 and were baptized by him in the Jordan River, as one by one they continued to confess their sins.
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to escape from the wrath that is coming?
8 Produce, then, fruit that is consistent with the repentance you profess,