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Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;

as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight.

There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching [the] baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

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