Matthew 3:3

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

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

Mark 1:3

3 dthe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
ePrepare
Or  crying: Prepare in the wilderness
the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

Luke 1:16-17

16And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17and ghe will go before him hin the spirit and power of Elijah, ito turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and jthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, kto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76-79

76And you, child, will be called lthe prophet of mthe Most High;
for nyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77to give knowledge of salvation to his people
oin the forgiveness of their sins,
78because of the ptender mercy of our God,
whereby qthe sunrise shall rvisit us
Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us
tfrom on high
79to ugive light to vthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into wthe way of xpeace.”

Luke 3:4-6

4As it is written in ythe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

z“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
aaPrepare the way of the Lord,
Or  crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord

make his paths straight.
5 acEvery valley shall be filled,
adand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
aeand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 afand all flesh shall see agthe salvation of God.’”

John 3:28

28You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ahI am not the Christ, but aiI have been sent before him.’
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