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(A)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    (B)‘Prepare[a] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

(C)John appeared, baptizing in (D)the wilderness and proclaiming (E)a baptism of (F)repentance (G)for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, (H)confessing their sins.

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  1. Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](A)

And so John the Baptist(B) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(C) for the forgiveness of sins.(D) The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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  1. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3