^{2 Ref} Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

^{3 Ref} And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

^{4 Ref} As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.