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[a]He went throughout [the] whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,(A) [b]as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:(B)

“A voice of one crying out in the desert:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,(C)
    make straight his paths.
Every valley shall be filled
    and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The winding roads shall be made straight,
    and the rough ways made smooth,

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 See note on Mt 3:2.
  2. 3:4 The Essenes from Qumran used the same passage to explain why their community was in the desert studying and observing the law and the prophets (1QS 8:12–15).

He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.(A) As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.

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