And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard, and put a fence [around it], and dug a trough for the winepress, and built a watchtower, and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey.

And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant which is poured out for many.

"We heard him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made by hands, and within three days I will build another not made by hands."