Mark 1:2-5 As it is written in the prophets —“Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ² As it is written in the prophets —“Take note, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.” ³ “A voice calling out: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD, make His paths straight!’” — ⁴ John started baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. ⁵ Well the whole Judean countryside and the Jerusalemites started going out to him, and were all being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.