1 After some years had passed, John the Baptizer came and told Gods word in the desert of Judea.

2 He said, Stop doing wrong things and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is almost here.

3 This is the man that Isaiah the prophet of God spoke about long ago. He said, A man is calling in the wilderness, "Make the way ready for the Lord. Make the road straight for him."

4 John wore clothes made of camels hair and a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild honey.

5 People went to him from Jerusalem, from all of Judea, and from all the country near the Jordan River.

6 He baptised them in the Jordan River when they said how sorry they were for the wrong things they had done.