The word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:      
“A voice of one calling in the desert,      
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,      
    make straight paths for him.      
Every valley shall be filled in,      
    every mountain and hill made low.      
The crooked roads shall become straight,      
    the rough ways smooth.      
AND ALL MANKIND WILL SEE GOD’S SALVATION.’ ”      

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JAMES TISSOT
"The Voice in the Desert"

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ANTON RAPHAEL
"Saint John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

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TITIAN
"St. John the Baptist"

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LEONARDO DA VINCI
"Saint John the Baptist"

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RAPHAEL
"Saint John the Baptist"

John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

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GUSTAVE DORÉ
"John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

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JOSEPH PARROCEL
"The Preaching of St. John the Baptist"

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PIETER LASTMAN
"St. John the Baptist Preaching"

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JAN STEEN
"John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness"

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DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO
"Preaching of St John the Baptist"

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Master of Miraflores
"Preaching of St John the Baptist"

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PAOLO VERONESE
"The Preaching of St. John the Baptist"

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FRANCESCO BACCHIACCA
"The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist"

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ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT
"Landscape with the Ministry of John the Baptist"

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PIETER BRUEGHEL the Younger
"The Preaching of Saint John the Baptist
in the Wilderness"

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Detail
Source

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LUCAS CRANACH the Younger
"The Sermon of John the Baptist"

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FRANCESCO BASSANO the Younger
"St John the Baptist Preaching"

“What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

John answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.”

Tax collectors also came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

“Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

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JACOPINO DEL CONTE
"Sermon by John the Baptist"

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BERNARDO STROZZI
"The Sermon of St. John the Baptist"

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GIOVANNI BATTISTA GAULLI
"The Sermon of St. John the Baptist"

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REMBRANDT
"The Preaching of St. John the Baptist"

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Detail
Source

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DAVID TENIERS the Younger
"The Preaching of John the Baptist"

The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Christ. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” And with many other words John exhorted the people and PREACHED THE GOOD NEWS TO THEM.

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ADAM VAN NOORT
"The Preaching of John the Baptist"

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ALESSANDRO ALLORI
"The Preaching of St John the Baptist"

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FRANCISCO HERRERA the Elder
"The Preaching of St John the Baptist"

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BARTHOLOMEUS BREENBERGH
"The Preaching of John the Baptist"

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PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
"John the Baptist Preaching"