and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”(A) For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!(B)[a]

John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:3 Is 40:3

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