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3 And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight!
5 Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be leveled,
and the crooked will become straight,
and the rough road will become* smooth,
6 and all flesh will see the salvation of God.’ ”b
* | Here “will become” is an implied repetition of the verb earlier in the verse |
b | A quotation from Isa 40:3–5 |
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