Mark 1:3-5

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A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:^(A)
Prepare the way for the Lord;^(B)
make His paths straight!^(C)^(a)

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4} John came baptizing^(b)^(D) in the wilderness^(E) and preaching a baptism of repentance^(c)^(F) for the forgiveness^(G) of sins.^(H) ^{Tools
5} The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem^(I) were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan^(J) River as they confessed^(K) their sins.^(L)

Footnotes:

a. Mark 1:3: Is 40:3; Mal 3:1

b. Mark 1:4: Or John the Baptist came, or John the Baptizer came

c. Mark 1:4: Or a baptism based on repentance

Cross references:

A. Mark 1:3: John 1:23

B. Mark 1:3: Luke 10:1; Luke 17:5

C. Mark 1:2: Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1

D. Mark 1:4: Luke 7:29; Acts 22:16

E. Mark 1:4: Revelation 12:6

F. Mark 1:4: Luke 3:3; Acts 13:24; Acts 19:4; Acts 26:20

G. Mark 1:4: Matthew 9:2; Luke 24:47

H. Mark 1:4: John 15:22; Acts 26:18

I. Mark 1:5: Matthew 23:37; John 11:36

J. Mark 1:5: Genesis 13:10; Psalm 114:3; Luke 3:3

K. Mark 1:5: Acts 19:18

L. Mark 1:5: John 15:22; Romans 6:23; 1 Peter 4:1