Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
And there went out to him all the country of Judea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.
The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one useth violence towards it.
He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the wrath to come?
And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
WHEN Jesus therefore was born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem.
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;