Luke 3:2-6
3:2 during the high priesthood
of Annas and Caiaphas, the word
of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3:3 He
went into all the region around the Jordan River,
preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make his paths straight.
3:5 Every valley will be filled,
and every mountain and hill will be brought low,
and the crooked will be made straight,
and the rough ways will be made smooth,
3:6 and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”