(A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,[a]

(B)“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
(C)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    (D)‘Prepare[b] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

(E)John appeared, baptizing in (F)the wilderness and proclaiming (G)a baptism of (H)repentance (I)for the forgiveness of sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
  2. Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

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