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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.
6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And he preached, saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
8 I indeed immersed you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.