Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one calling: "Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
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Matthew 3:1-3
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea . . .

Mark 1:2-5
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way." . . .

Luke 3:2-6
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. . . .

John 1:23
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: "I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"

prepare

Isaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it, only those who walk in that Way--and fools will not stray onto it.

Isaiah 57:14
And it will be said, "Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people."

Isaiah 62:10, 11
Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones! Raise a banner for the nations to see. . . .

Malachi 3:1
"Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple--the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight--see, He is coming, " says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 4:5, 6
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful Day of the LORD. . . .

Luke 1:16, 17, 76, 77
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. . . .

make

Isaiah 11:15, 16
The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams, for men to cross with dry sandals. . . .

Isaiah 43:19
Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

Isaiah 49:11
I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

Psalm 68:4
Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt the One who rides on the clouds--His name is the LORD--and rejoice before Him.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

King James Bible
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A voice of one crying out: Prepare the way of the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

International Standard Version
A voice cries out: 'In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; and in the desert a straight highway for our God.'

NET Bible
A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; construct in the desert a road for our God.
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