(A)The voice of one calling out,
(B)Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make [a]straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or smooth

A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way(A) for the Lord[a];
make straight(B) in the desert
    a highway for our God.[b](C)

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
  2. Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

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.

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For this is the (A)one referred to [a]by Isaiah the prophet when he said,

(B)The voice of one [b]calling [c]out in the wilderness,
(C)Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

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  1. Matthew 3:3 Or through
  2. Matthew 3:3 Or shouting
  3. Matthew 3:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

(A)The voice of one calling [a]out in the wilderness,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!

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  1. Luke 3:4 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.

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As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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23 He said, “I am (A)the voice of one calling [a]out in the wilderness, ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

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  1. John 1:23 Or out, In the wilderness make the way

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)

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  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3

23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

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