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

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ ² As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way. ³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths. ⁴ John baptized in the wilderness, and proclaimed the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the region of Judaea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he baptized them in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins.