during the high priesthood of Annas(A) and Caiaphas,(B) God’s word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.(C) He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan,(D) proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,(E) as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make his paths straight!

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