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The prophet Isaiah wrote,

“I am sending my messenger ahead of you
    to prepare the way for you.”
“A voice cries out in the desert:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!’”

John the Baptizer was in the desert telling people about a baptism of repentance[a] for the forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:4 “Repentance” is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts.

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