Matthew 3:1

The Ministry of John the Baptist

3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness ¹  of Judea proclaiming,

Matthew 4:2

4:2 After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. ² 

Matthew 13:1

The Parable of the Sower

13:1 On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake.

¹ tn Or “desert.”

² tn Grk “and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.”