Matthew 3:1-3

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The Proclamation of John the Baptist

3 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ²“Repent,^[a] for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” ³For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.”

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Footnotes

3.2 Repent implies an internal change of heart.

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