1 Naqueles dias apareceu João Batista pregando no deserto da Judéia:

2 Arrependei-vos, porque está próximo o reino dos céus.

3 Pois é a João que se refere o que foi dito pelo profeta Isaías: Voz do que clama no deserto: Preparai o caminho do Senhor, Endireitai as suas veredas.

4 Ora o mesmo João usava uma veste de pêlo de camelo, e uma correia em volta da cintura; e alimentava-se de gafanhotos e mel silvestre.

5 Então ia ter com ele o povo de Jerusalém, de toda a Judéia e de toda a circunvizinhança do Jordão;

6 e eram por ele batizados no rio Jordão, confessando os seus pecados.

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.