Matthew 3:1

New American Bible - revised edition

In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea

Cross References

1 Kings 2:34

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, went back, struck him down and killed him; he was buried in his house in the wilderness.

Matthew 11:11

Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 11:7

As they were going off, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

Matthew 16:14

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Matthew 21:32

When John came to you in the way of righteousness, you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did. Yet even when you saw that, you did not later change your minds and believe him. The Parable of the Tenants.

Matthew 3:8

Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance.

Mark 1:15

“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” The Call of the First Disciples.

Mark 1:2

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 7:24

When the messengers of John had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. “What did you go out to the desert to see—a reed swayed by the wind?

Acts 1:22

beginning from the baptism of John until the day on which he was taken up from us, become with us a witness to his resurrection.”

Joshua 14:10

Now, as he promised, the Lord has preserved me these forty-five years since the Lord spoke thus to Moses while Israel journeyed in the wilderness; and now I am eighty-five years old,

Judges 1:16

The descendants of Hobab the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, came up with the Judahites from the City of Palms to the wilderness of Arad, which is in the Negeb, and they settled among the Amalekites.