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(A)Repent, for (B)the kingdom of heaven [a]is at hand.” For this is the (C)one referred to [b]by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

(D)The voice of one [c]crying in the wilderness,
(E)Make ready the way of the [d]Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

Now John himself had [e](F)a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was (G)locusts and wild honey.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:2 Lit has come near
  2. Matthew 3:3 Or through
  3. Matthew 3:3 Or shouting
  4. Matthew 3:3 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
  5. Matthew 3:4 Lit his garment