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A voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; be making His paths straight’”— John came[a], the one baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And the whole Judean country[b] was going out to him, and all the people-of-Jerusalem. And they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River while confessing-out[c] their sins.

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  1. Mark 1:4 The main sentence is ‘Just as it has been written... John came’.
  2. Mark 1:5 Or, countryside.
  3. Mark 1:5 Or, openly-admitting, acknowledging.

“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](A)

And so John the Baptist(B) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(C) for the forgiveness of sins.(D) The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

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  1. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3