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The Preaching of John the Baptist
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|Mateus 3:1| Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.
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|Mateus 3:2| j He said, “Turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven 7 will soon be here.” 8
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|Mateus 3:3| k John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said,“In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”
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|Mateus 3:4| l John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.
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|Mateus 3:5| From Jerusalem and all Judea and from the Jordan River Valley crowds of people went to John.
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|Mateus 3:6| They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.
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|Mateus 3:7| m Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?
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|Mateus 3:8| Do something to show you have really given up your sins.
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|Mateus 3:9| n And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.
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|Mateus 3:10| o An ax is ready to cut the trees down at their roots. Any tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be chopped down and thrown into a fire.
