John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 ^hIn those days ⁱJohn the Baptist came preaching in ^jthe wilderness of Judea,

2 ^k“Repent, for ^lthe kingdom of heaven is at hand.”¹

23 He said, “I am ^tthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight¹ the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”