The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.