1. Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.
2. He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven will soon be here.”
3. John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said,“In the desert someoneis shouting,‘Get the road readyfor the Lord!Make a straight pathfor him.’ ”
4. John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
5. From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the River Jordan Valley crowds of people went to John.
6. They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.
7. Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them:You snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?
8. Do something to show that you have really given up your sins.