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“Repent, because the kingdom from[a] heaven is near!” He was the one the prophet Isaiah was referring to when he said,

“He is a voice calling out in the wilderness:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord![b]
        Make his paths straight!’”[c]

John had clothing made of camel’s hair and wore[d] a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers[e] and wild honey.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:2 Lit. of
  2. Matthew 3:3 MT and DSS source citations read Lord
  3. Matthew 3:3 Cf. Isa 40:3
  4. Matthew 3:4 The Gk. lacks wore
  5. Matthew 3:4 Or locust-shaped carob seed pods