For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

(A)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)‘Prepare[a] the way of the Lord;
    make his paths straight.’”

Now John wore (C)a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was (D)locusts and (E)wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

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