1 那时， 施洗的约翰出来， 在犹太的旷野传道，

2 说： "天国近了， 你们应当悔改。"

3 以赛亚先知所说： "在旷野有呼喊者的声音： ‘预备主的道， 修直他的路！ ’"就是指着这约翰说的。

4 约翰身穿骆驼毛的衣服， 腰束皮带， 吃的是蝗虫和野蜜。

5 耶路撒冷、犹太全地和约旦河一带的人都出来到他那里去，

6 承认自己的罪， 在约旦河里受了他的洗。

1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying, 2 Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

Make ye ready the way of the Lord,

Make his paths straight.

4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judæa, and all the region round about the Jordan; 6 and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.