^{2 Ref} and saying, `Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

^{3 Ref} for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

^{4 Ref} And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

^{5 Ref} Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

^{6 Ref} and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

^{7 Ref} And having seen many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming about his baptism, he said to them, `Brood of vipers! who did shew you to flee from the coming wrath?

^{8 Ref} bear, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation,