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 3:5

3:5 Then people from Jerusalem, ²  as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

[3:1]  ¹ tn Or “desert.”

[3:5]  ² tn Grk “Then Jerusalem.”