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The prophet Isaiah wrote,

“I am sending my messenger ahead of you
    to prepare the way for you.”
“A voice cries out in the desert:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!’”

John the Baptizer was in the desert telling people about a baptism of repentance[a] for the forgiveness of sins.

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  1. Mark 1:4 “Repentance” is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts.

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