'Waste' in the Bible

The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land.

And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him.

But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.

And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.

And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?