Isaiah 40:3

3 aA voice cries:
Or  A voice of one crying

c“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
dmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Malachi 3:1

1 eBehold, I send fmy messenger, and ghe will prepare the way before me. And the Lord hwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ithe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 3:3

3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

j“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
kPrepare
Or  crying: Prepare in the wilderness
the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”

Matthew 11:10

10This is he of whom it is written,

m“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
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