Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it.
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.