'Wilderness' in the Bible

Now the child continued to grow and to become spiritually strong. He lived in the wilderness until the day he appeared in Israel.

and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He is a voice calling out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!

Then Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. He was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to ask the crowds about John. "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

"Suppose one of you has 100 sheep and loses one of them. He leaves the 99 in the wilderness and looks for the one that is lost until he finds it, doesn't he?