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As it is written in 1the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, 2"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 3'Prepare the way of the Lord,[a] make his paths straight.
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during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
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And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "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 shall be made low, and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places shall become level ways,