Mar 1:2-8 | NIV | STEP | as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way’

Mark 1:2-8

2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way’ ^{▼▼Mal. 3:1} –
3 ‘a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
“Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.”’ ^{▼▼Isaiah 40:3}
4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptised by him in the River Jordan. 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt round his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his message: ‘After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptise you with ^{▼▼Or in} water, but he will baptise you with ^{▼▼Or in} the Holy Spirit.’