the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight,’ ”
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
(John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ ”)