Matthew 3:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.

Cross References

1 Kings 2:34

Benaiah went back and killed Joab. His body was taken away and buried near his home in the desert.

Matthew 11:11

I tell you that no one ever born on this earth is greater than John the Baptist. But whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.

Matthew 11:7

As John's followers were going away, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John: What sort of person did you go out into the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?

Matthew 16:14

The disciples answered, “Some people say you are John the Baptist or perhaps Elijah or Jeremiah or some other prophet.”

Matthew 21:32

When John the Baptist showed you how to do right, you would not believe him. But these evil people did believe. And even when you saw what they did, you still would not change your minds and believe.

Matthew 3:8

Do something to show that you have really given up your sins.

Mark 1:15

He said, “The time has come! God's kingdom will soon be here. Turn back to God and believe the good news!”

Mark 1:2

It began just as God had said in the book written by Isaiah the prophet, “I am sending my messenger to get the way ready for you.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called a prophet of God in heaven above. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Luke 7:24

After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John: What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind?

Joshua 14:10

Joshua, it was forty-five years ago that the LORD told Moses to make that promise, and now I am eighty-five. Even though Israel has moved from place to place in the desert, the LORD has kept me alive all this time as he said he would.

Judges 1:16

The people who belonged to the Kenite clan were the descendants of the father-in-law of Moses. They left Jericho with the people of Judah and settled near Arad in the Southern Desert of Judah not far from the Amalekites.