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John Prepares the Way for Jesus(A)

When it was the right time, John the Baptizer began telling people a message from God. This was out in the desert area of Judea. John said, “Change your hearts and lives, because God’s kingdom is now very near.[a] John is the one Isaiah the prophet was talking about when he said,

“There is someone shouting in the desert:
‘Prepare the way for the Lord.
    Make the road straight for him.’” (B)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:2 is now very near Or “is coming soon” or “has come.”

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