And I did not recognize Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing in water.”

我先前不认识他，如今我来用水施洗，为要叫他显明给以色列人。”

我先前不认识他，如今我来用水施洗，为要使他显明给以色列人。”

我先前不认识他，如今我来用水施洗，为要使他显明给以色列人。”

我以前并不认识祂，现在我用水给人施洗，是要把祂显明给以色列人。”

我本来不认识他，但为了要把他显明给以色列人，因此我来用水施洗。”

我以前也不认识他，但为了让他向以色列显明，所以我来用水施洗。”

我先前不認識他，如今我來用水施洗，為要叫他顯明給以色列人。」

我先前不認識他，如今我來用水施洗，為要使他顯明給以色列人。」

我先前不認識他，如今我來用水施洗，為要使他顯明給以色列人。」

我以前並不認識祂，現在我用水給人施洗，是要把祂顯明給以色列人。」

我本來不認識他，但為了要把他顯明給以色列人，因此我來用水施洗。”

我從前也不認識他；但是為要使他向以色列顯明出來；故此我來用水施洗。』

我以前也不認識他，但為了讓他向以色列顯明，所以我來用水施洗。」

我素弗識之、但為使之顯於以色列故來以水施洗耳、

我素不識之、我至以水施洗、欲顯之於以色列民耳、○

我素不識之、我來以水施洗、特欲使之顯於以色列民、

渠非予所素識、惟予之來茲授洗、正為顯揚斯人於義塞之民耳。』

I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

I did not know him. But God wants to make it clear to Israel who this person is. That’s the reason I came baptizing with water.”

I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”

I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

I didn’t know him, but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

I didn’t know Him, but I came baptizing with water so He might be revealed to Israel.”

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel.”

“ Behold, I am sending My messenger, and he will clear a way before Me. And the Lord, whom you are seeking, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of armies.

And it is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

Paul said,“ John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

The voice of one calling out in the wilderness,‘ Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’ ”John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and frolic like calves from the stall.And you will crush the wicked underfoot, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I am preparing,” says the Lord of armies.“ Remember the Law of Moses My servant, the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel.“ Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

And I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me,‘ He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:“ The voice of one calling out in the wilderness,‘ Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!

The voice of one calling out,“ Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the uneven ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley;Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

And when His parents had completed everything in accordance with the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth.Now the Child continued to grow and to become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.And when He was twelve years old, they went up there according to the custom of the feast;

And you, child, also will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;To give His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins,Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us,To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”Now the child grew and was becoming strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel.