正如先知以赛亚书上记着说,(有古卷无以赛亚三字)看哪,我要差遣我的使者在你面前,豫备道路。As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
犹太全地,和耶路撒冷的人,都出去到约翰那里,承认他们的罪,在约旦河里受他的洗。And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
他传道说,有一位在我以后来的,能力比我更大,我就是弯腰给他解鞋带,也是不配的。And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.