Mark 1:3-5 the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!'"*

LEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!'"* ⁴ John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming* a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all the Judean region and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.