002:021 So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.
002:022 But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod
on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being
instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee,
002:023 and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that
these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled,
"He shall be called a Nazarene."
003:001 About this time John the Baptist made his appearance,
preaching in the Desert of Judaea.
003:002 "Repent," he said, "for the Kingdom of the Heavens is now
close at hand."
003:003 He it is who was spoken of through the Prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying aloud, `In the desert prepare ye a road for the Lord: make His highway straight.'"
003:004 This man John wore a garment of camel's hair, and a loincloth
of leather; and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.
003:005 Then large numbers of people went out to him—people from Jerusalem
and from all Judaea, and from the whole of the Jordan valley—
003:006 and were baptized by him in the Jordan, making full confession
of their sins.
003:007 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he exclaimed, "O vipers' brood, who has warned you to flee from the coming wrath?