NHEB(i)
1 The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord. Make his roads straight.'"
4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
5 And all the country of Judea went out to him and all those from Jerusalem, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.