Chapter 1 The beginning of the good message of Jesus the anointed, the son of the god; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the lord, make his paths straight. John did submerge in the wilderness, and proclaim the submersion of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out to him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all submerged by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; And proclaimed, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the lace of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have submerged you in…