Mat 3:1, Luk 3:12-13 | ISV | STEP | John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Matthew 3:1

1 John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-9, 15-17; John 1:19-28In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the wilderness of JudeaJosh 14:10; Mark 1:4, 15; Luke 3:2-3; John 1:28

12 Even some tax collectors came to be baptized. They asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?”Matt 21:32; Luke 7:29

13 He told them, “Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect.”Luke 19:8