3aThe voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Makeready the way of the1Lord,Make His pathsstraight.’”
41John the Baptistappeared in the wilderness2,apreaching a baptism of repentance for the bforgiveness of sins. 5And all the region of Judea was goingout to him, and all the peopleofJerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the JordanRiver, confessing their sins.