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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.
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while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.
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Every valley shall be filled And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough ways smooth;
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And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.' "