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As it is written in the prophets,

“Behold,[a] I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way before you:Malachi 3:1
the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    ‘Make ready the way of the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!’”Isaiah 40:3

John came baptizing[b] in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
  2. 1:4 or, immersing

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