1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face,who will prepare your way,
3. the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,make his paths straight,’”
4. John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.