Mark 1:2-5

CLV(i) 2 according as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, (Lo! I am dispatching My messenger before Thy face, who shall be constructing Thy road in front of Thee.):" 3 The voice of one imploring: 'In the wilderness make ready the road of the Lord! Straight...be making the highways'of Him!" 4 John the baptist came to be in the wilderness and is heralding a baptism of repentance for the pardon of sins. 5 And out to him went the entire province of Judea, and all the Jerusalemites, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins."