A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:(A)
Prepare the way for the Lord;(B)
make his paths straight![a](C)

John came baptizing[b](D) in the wilderness(E) and proclaiming a baptism of repentance(F) for the forgiveness(G) of sins.(H) The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem(I) were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan(J) River, confessing(K) their sins.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:3 Is 40:3
  2. 1:4 Or John the Baptist came

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