Mark 1:3-5 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths.

Murdock⁽ⁱ⁾ 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.