Mark 1:3-5 He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'" ⁴ John the Baptizer appeared in the desert and was preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And people from all over Judea and everybody in Jerusalem kept on going out to him and being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.