(A)And this John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins, his meat was also [a]locusts and wild honey.

(B)Then went out to him [b]Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,

And they were baptized of him in Jordan, [c]confessing their sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:4 Locusts were a kind of meat which certain of the East people use, which were therefore called devourers of Locusts. . . .
  2. Matthew 3:5 The people of Jerusalem.
  3. Matthew 3:6 Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins.

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