Prepare the way of the Lord!
NABRE
Mark 1
1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God].2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: āBehold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;he will prepare your way.3 A voice of one crying out in the desert:āPrepare the way of the Lord,make straight his paths.āā4John [the] Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins. 6John was clothed in camelās hair, with a leather belt around his waist. He fed on locusts and wild honey. 7And this is what he proclaimed: āOne mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. 8 I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit.ā