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 John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.