Mar 1:3-8 | NASB1995 | STEP | The voice of one crying in the wilderness , ‘ Make ready the way of the Lord , Make His paths straight .’”

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

Mark 1:3-8

3 ^a The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
‘Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.’”

4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness ^{▼▼ Or proclaiming
,} ^cpreaching a baptism of repentance for the ^dforgiveness 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. 6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore ^ea leather belt around his waist, and ^{▼▼ Lit he was eating}his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7 And he was ^{▼▼ Or proclaiming}preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals. 8 “I baptized you ^{▼▼ The Gr here can be translated in, with or by}with water; but He will baptize you ^{▼▼ The Gr here can be translated in, with or by}with the Holy Spirit.”