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It was at the time when Annas and Caiaphas were chief priests that God spoke to John, son of Zechariah, in the desert. John traveled throughout the region around the Jordan River. He told people about a baptism of repentance[a] for the forgiveness of sins. As the prophet Isaiah wrote in his book,

“A voice cries out in the desert:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:3 Repentance is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts.

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