The Word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a Baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all

If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you would have delivered your soul.