Matthew 3:5
“Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,”
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Cross-References
“Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
“He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.”
“And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.”
“The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.”
“And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.”