Mat 3:1, Luk 3:3, Joh 3:23 | 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

Luke 3:3

3 John ^{▼▼Lit. He} went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,Matt 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 1:77

John 3:23

23 John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People ^{▼▼Lit. They} kept coming and were being baptized,1Sam 9:4; Matt 3:5-6