The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Yahweh, make his paths straight.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of Yahweh, make his paths straight.
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of Yahweh came unto John the son of Zachariah in the wilderness.
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.