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John dressed as some of the Hebrew prophets had, in clothes made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. He made his meals in the desert from locusts and wild honey. He preached a message in the wilderness.

John the Baptist: Someone is coming who is a lot more powerful than I am—One whose sandals I’m not worthy to bend down and untie. I’ve washed you here through baptism[a] with water; but when He gets here, He will wash[b] you in the Spirit of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:8 Literally, immersed, to show repentance
  2. 1:8 Literally, immerse, in a rite of initiation and purification

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