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

(B)“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
(C)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    (D)‘Prepare[b] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

(E)John appeared, baptizing in (F)the wilderness and proclaiming (G)a baptism of (H)repentance (I)for the forgiveness of sins.

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  1. Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
  2. Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way”[a](A)
“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[b](B)

And so John the Baptist(C) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(D) for the forgiveness of sins.(E)

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  1. Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
  2. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3