The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'*
In those days, Yochanan the immerser came, preaching in the wilderness of Yehudah, saying,
For this is he who was spoken of by Yeshaiyahu the prophet, saying, *The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.*
in the Kohanim Gedolim of Anan and Kayafa, the word of God came to Yochanan, the son of Zekharyah, in the wilderness.
Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, *This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'*