Twentieth_Century(i)
1 The beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ.
2 It is said in the Prophet Isaiah--'Behold! I send my Messenger before thy face; He shall prepare thy way.'
3 'The voice of one crying aloud in the Wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight."'
4 And in fulfillment of this, John the Baptizer appeared in the Wilderness, proclaiming a baptism upon repentance, for the forgiveness of sins.
5 The whole of Judea, as well as all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, went out to him; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 John was clad in clothing of camels' hair, with a belt of leather round his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey;
7 And he proclaimed--"There is coming after me one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to stoop down and unfasten his sandals.
8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."