{\b The voice of one crying in the wilderness,\par\tab Make ye ready the way of the Lord,\par\tab Make his paths straight};
For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying,\par\tab {\b The voice of one crying in the wilderness,\par\tab Make ye ready the way of the Lord,\par\tab Make his paths straight.}\par
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 Jud\'e6a, saying,
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.