⁴ As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

²³ He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

³ A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

⁴ Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,

⁵ And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.

²⁸ You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

²⁹ He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

³⁰ He has to become greater while I become less.

³¹ He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

³² He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

³³ He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

³⁴ For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

³⁵ The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

³⁶ He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.

²⁶ John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

²⁷ It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

²⁸ These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

²⁹ The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

³⁰ This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

³¹ I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

³² And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

³³ I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

³⁴ This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

³⁵ The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

³⁶ And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!

⁷ He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

⁷⁶ And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

⁷⁷ To give knowledge of salvation to his people, through the forgiveness of sins,

⁷⁸ Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,

⁷⁹ To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.

¹⁶ And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

¹⁷ And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

³ The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

³ For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

⁶ And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.

¹⁰ Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

¹⁴ And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.