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

Look, I am sending My messenger(C) ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.[b]
A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:(D)
Prepare the way for the Lord;(E)
make His paths straight!(F)[c]

John came baptizing[d](G) in the wilderness(H) and preaching a baptism of repentance[e](I) for the forgiveness(J) of sins.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 Other mss read in the prophets
  2. Mark 1:2 Other mss add before You
  3. Mark 1:3 Is 40:3; Mal 3:1
  4. Mark 1:4 Or John the Baptist came, or John the Baptizer came
  5. Mark 1:4 Or a baptism based on repentance

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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Footnotes

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