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Matthew 3:1-2
New English Translation
Matthew 3:1-2
New English Translation
The Ministry of John the Baptist
3 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness[a] of Judea proclaiming, 2 “Repent,[b] for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
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- Matthew 3:1 tn Or “desert.”
- Matthew 3:2 tn Grk “and saying, ‘Repent.’” The participle λέγων (legōn) at the beginning of v. 2 is redundant in English and has not been translated.
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