Mark 1:3-7

The voice of one calling out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’ ”

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

And he was preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals.