In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Matthew 3:1-2

Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptised by him in the Jordan, CONFESSING THEIR SINS. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? THEREFORE BEAR FRUITS WORTHY OF REPENTANCE…” Matthew 3:5-8