Mar 1:2-4 | ESV | STEP | As it is written in Isaiah the prophet , Behold , I send my messenger before your face , who will prepare your way ,

Mark 1:2-4

2 ^aAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts in the prophets}

^c“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
3 ^dthe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^e‘Prepare ^{▼▼Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness} the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”
4 ^gJohn appeared, baptizing in ^hthe wilderness and proclaiming ⁱa baptism of ^jrepentance ^kfor the forgiveness of sins.