Mat 3:1, Luk 3:3, Joh 3:23 | ESV | STEP | In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea ,

aFor ver. 1-12, see Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:2-17

c Josh. 15:61; [Judg. 1:16]

e Matt. 26:28; [ch. 1:77]

Matthew 3:1

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 ^aIn those days ^bJohn the Baptist came preaching in ^cthe wilderness of Judea,

Luke 3:3

3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming ^da baptism of repentance ^efor the forgiveness of sins.

John 3:23

23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized

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