Matthew 3:1-6

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 h In those days i John the Baptist came preaching in j the wilderness of Judea, 2 k "Repent, for l the kingdom of heaven is at hand."

3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
m "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
n 'Prepare 1 the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.'"

4 Now John wore o a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was p locusts and q wild honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, r confessing their sins.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 3:1 - 12
    In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
    Mark 1:2 - 8
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
    Luke 3:2 - 17
    During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
  2. Cross References
    John 1:6 - 7
    There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 15:61
    In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah.
    Judges 1:16
    And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 3:1 - 12
    In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
    Mark 1:2 - 8
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
    Luke 3:1 - 17
    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 4:17
    From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
    Mark 1:15
    And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 10:7
    And proclaim as you go, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
    Daniel 2:44
    And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
    Matthew 6:10
    Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
  7. Cross References
    John 1:23
    He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.
    Isaiah 40:3
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  8. Cross References
    Luke 1:76
    And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:3
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 1:8
    They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite.
    Zechariah 13:4
    On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
    Hebrews 11:37
    They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:22
    Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:26
    And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
  13. Cross References
    Acts 19:18
    Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
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