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A voice of one calling out in the wilderness,
“Prepare the way of the Lord.
Make his paths straight.”[a]

John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

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