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"the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”"
— Mark 1:3, NET Bible
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight; ”
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"”
“A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
“The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;”
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
¶ The Ministry of John the Baptist The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,
the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.