²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near ^(A)Salim, because there was much water there. ^(B)And they came and were baptized.

John Preaches to the People^(A)

⁷ Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, ^(B)“Brood^[a] of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

^4 (A)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance ^[a]for the remission of sins. ^5 (B)Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

^5 (A)Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him ^6 (B)and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

^2 (A)And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. ^(B)His voice was like the sound of many waters; ^(C)and the earth shone with His glory.