Mar 1:3-5 | NASB2020 | STEP | T he voice of one calling out in the wilderness , ‘P repare the way of the Lord , Make H is paths straight !’”

a Is 40:3; Matt 3:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23

Mark 1:3-5

3 ^aThe voice of one calling ^{▼▼Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way} out in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”
4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, ^{▼▼Or proclaiming
,} ^dpreaching a baptism of repentance for the ^eforgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.