Matthew 3:1-3

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John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3 ^(A)In those days ^(B)John the Baptist came preaching in ^(C)the wilderness of Judea, ²^(D)“Repent, for ^(E)the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”^[a] ³For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

^(F)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^(G)‘Prepare^[b] the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”

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Footnotes

Matthew 3:2 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
Matthew 3:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

Matthew 4:12-17

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Jesus Begins His Ministry

¹²Now when he heard that ^(A)John had been arrested, ^(B)he withdrew into Galilee. ¹³And leaving ^(C)Nazareth he went and lived in ^(D)Capernaum by ^(E)the sea, in the territory of ^(F)Zebulun and Naphtali, ¹⁴^(G)so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

¹⁵^(H)“The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
    the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
¹⁶^(I)the people dwelling in darkness
    have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and ^(J)shadow of death,
    on them a light has dawned.”