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and Annas and Caiaphas high priests, a message from God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. John[a] went throughout the entire Jordan region, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,

“He is a voice calling out in the wilderness:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord![b] Make his paths straight!

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:3 Lit. He
  2. Luke 3:4 Cf. Isa 40:3; MT source citation reads Lord

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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