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(A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the [a]Lord,
Make His paths straight.’”

[b]John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness [c](B)preaching a baptism of repentance for the (C)forgiveness of sins. And all the region of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:3 In OT, Yahweh, cf. Is 40:3
  2. Mark 1:4 Gr Joannes, Heb Johanan; so in Mark
  3. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming