⁵ Many people who lived in Jerusalem and in the country of Judea went to listen to John.^[a] The people told God about all the wrong things that they had done. Then John baptized them in the Jordan River. ⁶ John wore clothes made from the hair of a camel. He also wore a belt made from leather. His usual food was locusts and honey from the wilderness.

⁷ John said to the people, ‘Another person will come soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him.