Mark 1:2-3

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²^(A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,^[a]

^(B)“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
³^(C)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    ^(D)‘Prepare^[b] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

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Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

Exodus 23:20

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Conquest of Canaan Promised

²⁰^(A)“Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

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Exodus 23:20 in all English translations

Isaiah 40:3

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³^(A)A voice cries:^[a]
^(B)“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
^(C)make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying

Isaiah 40:3 in all English translations

Malachi 3:1

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3 ^(A)“Behold, I send ^(B)my messenger, and ^(C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^(D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^(E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.