[3] And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; [4] As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. [5] Every valley filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; [6] And all flesh the salvation of God. [7] Then he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned to flee from the wrath to come?