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(A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

(B)Behold, I send My messenger [a]ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;
(C)The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the [b]Lord,
Make His paths straight.’”

[c]John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness [d](D)preaching a baptism of repentance for the (E)forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 Lit before your face
  2. Mark 1:3 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
  3. Mark 1:4 Gr Joannes, Heb Johanan; so in Mark
  4. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming