1 After some years had passed, John the Baptizer came and told Gods word in the desert of Judea.2 He said, Stop doing wrong things and turn back to God! The kingdom of heaven is almost here.3 This is the man that Isaiah the prophet of God spoke about long ago. He said, A man is calling in the wilderness, "Make the way ready for the Lord. Make the road straight for him."4 John wore clothes made of camels hair and a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild honey.5 People went to him from Jerusalem, from all of Judea, and from all the country near the Jordan River.6 He baptised them in the Jordan River when they said how sorry they were for the wrong things they had done.