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As it is written in the Prophets:

“Look, I am sending My messenger before Your face,
    who will prepare Your way before You.”[a]
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
    make His paths straight.’ ”[b]

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

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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