(A)And this John had his garment of camel’s hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins, his meat was also [a]locusts and wild honey.

(B)Then went out to him [b]Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,

And they were baptized of him in Jordan, [c]confessing their sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:4 Locusts were a kind of meat which certain of the East people use, which were therefore called devourers of Locusts. . . .
  2. Matthew 3:5 The people of Jerusalem.
  3. Matthew 3:6 Acknowledging that they were saved only by free remission and forgiveness of their sins.

John’s(A) clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.(B) His food was locusts(C) and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized(D) by him in the Jordan River.

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