Matthew 3:1-3

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

3 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.

² And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

³ For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.