3:1 In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness 1 of Judea proclaiming, 3:2 “Repent, 2 for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
[3:1] 1 tn Or “desert.”
[3:2] 2 tn Grk “and saying, ‘Repent.’” The participle λέγων (legwn) at the beginning of v. 2 is redundant in English and has not been translated.
