Bible Verses

I baptize you with water for a change of heart, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am; in fact, I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

The ax is already at the roots of the trees; any tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

and do not think: ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ I tell you that God can raise children for Abraham from these stones!

Make it clear that you are serious about your conversion;

When he saw several Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: “Brood of vipers! Who told you that you could escape the punishment that is to come?

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan as they confessed their sins.

The people of Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire Jordan Valley were going out to him,

John wore a leather belt around his waist and a cloak made of camel’s hair; his food was locusts and wild honey.

It was about him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: A voice is shouting in the desert, ‘Prepare a way for the Lord; make his paths straight!’

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”