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As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,[a]

“See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,[b]
    who will prepare your way,(A)
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
    ‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
    make his paths straight,’ ”(B)

so John the baptizer appeared[c] in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.2 Other ancient authorities read in the prophets
  2. 1.2 Gk before your face
  3. 1.4 Other ancient authorities read John was baptizing