Hi friends, I'm Annie F. Downs.

Let's read the Gospels.

The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark,

Luke, and John.

These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the

sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

Each month here on Let's Read the Gospels, we're reading all four books.

So make sure you're subscribed.

I don't want you to miss any of the episodes.

And remember, we have a downloadable reading plan if you want to follow along that way.

Over there's the Let's Read the Gospels guidebook that has the reading plan and some extra

as like notes from me, journal prompts, questions to dig a little deeper into the reading.

You can find those at AnnieFdowns.com slash Gospels.

And here is how this works.

I'm going to read three chapters to you today.

You can listen or read along in your own Bible, and then I'll pray.

And that's it.

So today is October 7th, and I'll be reading Matthew chapters three through five.

And this month, I'm reading from the NRSV Catholic edition, Matthew three.

In those days, John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea proclaiming repent

for the kingdom of heaven has come near.

This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, the voice of one crying out

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