John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3 In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,

⁴ John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

The Baptism of Jesus

¹³ Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.