Mark 1:2-5 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ² as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way; ³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. ⁴ John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.