Mark 1:2-5 ▼

2 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee:"

3 and again, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight:" accordingly John came baptizing in the wilderness,

4 and preaching the baptism of repentance in order to the remission of sins;

5 and all the country of Judea, and those of Jerusalem, went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.