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The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem(A) were going out to him, and they were baptised by him in the River Jordan,(B) confessing(C) their sins.(D) John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt round his waist and ate locusts(E) and wild honey.(F)

He proclaimed, ‘One who is more powerful(G) than I am is coming after me.(H) I am not worthy(I) to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.(J)

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And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

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