'In The Desert' in the Bible

In those days John the Baptist came on the scene, preaching in the desert of Judaea,

(This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.')

If they tell you, 'Here he is in the desert,' do not go out; 'here he is in the chamber,' do not believe it.

the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' ??4 John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

and in the desert he remained for forty days, while Satan tempted him; he was in the company of wild beasts, but angels ministered to him.

And the child grew, he became strong in the Spirit and remained in the desert till the day when he made his appearance before Israel.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the desert;

and he went into all the Jordan-district preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins ??4 as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah, The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.

and for forty days he was led by the Spirit in the desert, while the devil tempted him. During these days he ate nothing, and when they were over he felt hungry.

"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' ??as the prophet Isaiah said."

Indeed the Son of man must be lifted on high, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,

Our ancestors ate manna in the desert: as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat."

Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died;

At the close of forty years an angel [of the Lord] appeared to him in the flames of a burning thorn-bush, in the desert of mount Sinai.

He it was who led them forth, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert during forty years.

This was the man who at the assembly in the desert intervened between the angel who spoke to him on mount Sinai and our fathers; he received living Words to be given to us.

So God turned from them, abandoning them to the worship of the starry Host ??as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did you offer me victims and sacrifices during the forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?

In the desert our fathers had the tent of witness as arranged by Him who told Moses to make it after the pattern he had seen.

For about forty years he bore with them in the desert,

still with most of them God was not satisfied; they were laid low in the desert.

harden not your hearts as at the Provocation, on the day of the Temptation in the desert,

And with whom was he exasperated for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert?

(men of whom the world was not worthy), wanderers in the desert and among the hills, in caves and gullies.