Isa 40:3, Mar 1:3, Luk 3:3-6, Joh 1:23 | ESV | STEP | A voice cries : In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God .

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.

Mark 1:3

3 ^ethe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^f‘Prepare ^{▼▼Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness} the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

Luke 3:3-6

3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming ^ha baptism of repentance ⁱfor the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in ^jthe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

^k“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^l‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord}
make his paths straight.
5 ⁿEvery valley shall be filled,
^oand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
^pand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 ^qand all flesh shall see ^rthe salvation of God.’”

John 1:23

23 He said, “I am ^sthe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ^{▼▼Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight} the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”