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As it is written in the prophets,

“Behold,[a] I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way before you:Malachi 3:1
the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    ‘Make ready the way of the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!’”Isaiah 40:3

John came baptizing[b] in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
  2. 1:4 or, immersing