Mark 1:3-5 the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him'

Moffatt⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' — ⁴ John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; ⁵ and the whole of Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and got baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.