1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
2. As it is written in the prophets,
3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5. And there went out unto him all the land of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.