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, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to Yochanan, the son of Zechariah, 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.’”