1 This is the beginning of the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
2 as the prophet Isaiah wrote:“I will send my messenger ahead of you,who will prepare your way.”
3 “This is a voice of onewho calls out in the desert:‘Prepare the way for the Lord.Make the road straight for him.’ ”
4 John was baptizing people in the desert and preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.
5 All the people from Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him. They confessed their sins and were baptized by him in the Jordan River.