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Matthew 3:5

Modern English Version

Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him,

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Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men came from the east to Jerusalem,

Great crowds followed Him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

The whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

“The Law and the Prophets were preached until John. Since then the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is pressing into it.

He came into the region surrounding the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Then he said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John also was baptizing in Aenon toward Salim, because much water was there. And people came and were baptized.

He was a burning and a shining lamp, and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.