“If people tell you, ‘The Christ is in the desert,’ don’t go there. If they say, ‘The Christ is in the inner room,’ don’t believe it.
This is the voice of one who calls out: “Prepare in the desert the way for the Lord. Make a straight road in the dry lands for our God.
Now I have warned you about this before it happens.
When the Son of Man comes, he will be seen by everyone, like lightning flashing from the east to the west.
About that time John the Baptist began preaching in the desert area of Judea.
I thought you were the Egyptian who started some trouble against the government not long ago and led four thousand killers out to the desert.”