"[...] Came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." [...]
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan, and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins [...] "I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire [...]" (Mt 3, 1-12).
