NgokukaMathewu 3:4-6

Yena uJohane wayenengubo yoboya bekamela noqhotho lwesikhumba okhalweni lwakhe; ukudla kwakhe kwakuyizinkumbi nezinyosi zasendle. Khona kwaphumela kuye iJerusalema, neJudiya lonke, nezwe lonke laseJordani, babhapathizwa nguye emfuleni iJordani bevuma izono zabo.