Mar 1:3-8 | 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 1:3-8

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. 6 John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore ^fa leather belt around his waist, and ^{▼▼Lit was eating}his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7 And he was ^{▼▼Or proclaiming}preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps 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.”