A voice of him crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make his beaten paths straight.
For this is he spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, A voice of him crying in the desert, Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.
John testifies for him, and he tried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He coming after me was before me: for he was before me.
In these days John the Baptist is present, proclaiming in the desert of Judea;
Upon Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of And was upon John, son of Zacharias in the desert.