Luke 1:80
And the child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
Matthew 3:1
Now in those days comes John, the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew 11:7
And, as these were going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?
Mark 1:3-4
the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'"
Luke 1:15
for he will be great before the Lord; and he will drink no wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
John 1:31
And I knew Him not; but, that He might be manifested to Israel, for this cause I came immersing in water."