2 As it is written in¹ the Prophets:
^a“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.” ‡

3 “The^a voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”  ‡

5 ^aThen all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.  ‡

6 Now John was ^aclothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.  ‡