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) preaching a baptism of repentance[a] for the forgiveness of sins, 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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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:3 Or baptism based on repentance

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

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.

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