3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of Adonai, and make His paths straight.’”
4. John appeared, immersing in the wilderness, proclaiming an immersion involving repentance for the removal of sins.
5. All the Judean countryside was going out to him, and all the Jerusalemites. As they confessed their sins, they were being immersed by him in the Jordan River.
6. John wore clothes made from camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.