Mark 1:3-5

New Life Version

³ His voice calls out in the desert, ‘Make the way ready for the Lord. Make the road straight for Him!’” ^(A)

⁴ John the Baptist preached in the desert. He preached that people should be baptized because they were sorry for their sins and had turned from them. And they would be forgiven. ⁵ People from over all the country of Judea and from Jerusalem came to him. They told of their sins and were baptized by John in the Jordan River.