2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to Yochanan, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.
3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming the immersion of repentance for remission of sins.
4 As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet,“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,‘Make ready the way of the Lord.Make his paths straight.
5 Every valley will be filled.Every mountain and hill will be brought low.The crooked will become straight,and the rough ways smooth.
6 All flesh will see God’s salvation.’”
7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!