1. In those days, JOHN the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
2. "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"
3. For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,make ready the way of the Lord.Make his paths straight."Isaiah 40:3
JOHN came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
2. in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to JOHN, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.