Matthew 3:3-7
English Standard Version
3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
(A)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)‘Prepare[a] the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
4 Now John wore (C)a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was (D)locusts and (E)wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, (F)confessing their sins.
7 But when he saw many of (G)the Pharisees and (H)Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, (I)“You brood of (J)vipers! Who warned you to flee from (K)the wrath to come?
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- Matthew 3:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness
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