Luke 3:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²during the high priesthood of Annas^(A) and Caiaphas,^(B) God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.^(C) ³He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan,^(D) proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,^(E) ⁴as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make his paths straight!