The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.