Appearance of John the Baptist

13	JOHN'S APPEARANCE
Matt 3		Mark 1		Luke 3
	[see Matt 3:5 below]	5*	And there went out to him
			all the country of Judea,*
			and all the people of Jerusalem;*
			and they were baptized by him
			in the river Jordan,
			confessing their sins.
4	Now John wore a garment	6	Now John was clothed
	of camel's hair,		with camel's hair,
	and a leather girdle		and had a leather girdle
	around his waist,		around his waist,
	and his food was locusts		and ate locusts
	and wild honey.		and wild honey.
5*	Then went out to him		[see Mark 3:5 above]	3	and he went
	Jerusalem*
	and all Judea*
	and all the region				into all the region
	about the Jordan,				about the Jordan
6*	and they were baptized by him
	in the river Jordan,
	confessing their sins.

Color Code
Teal	Two gospels use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel text in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
13	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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