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John 1:23-25
English Standard Version
John 1:23-25
English Standard Version
23 He said, “I am (A)the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight[a] the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, (B)“Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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- John 1:23 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight
John 1:23-25
New International Version
John 1:23-25
New International Version
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)
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
Footnotes
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
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