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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one crying
Malachi 3:1
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Mark 1:2-5
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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,’”
4 (E)John appeared, baptizing in (F)the wilderness and proclaiming (G)a baptism of (H)repentance (I)for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, (J)confessing their sins.
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John 1:23
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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.”
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- John 1:23 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight
Matthew 3:1-3
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
3 (A)In those days (B)John the Baptist came preaching in (C)the wilderness of Judea, 2 (D)“Repent, for (E)the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”[a] 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,
(F)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(G)‘Prepare[b] the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”
Footnotes
- Matthew 3:2 Or the kingdom of heaven has come near
- Matthew 3:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness
Luke 1:16-17
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16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and (A)he will go before him (B)in the spirit and power of Elijah, (C)to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and (D)the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, (E)to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
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Luke 1:76-77
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76 And you, child, will be called (A)the prophet of (B)the Most High;
for (C)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
(D)in the forgiveness of their sins,
Malachi 4:5-6
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5 (A)“Behold, I will send you (B)Elijah the prophet (C)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will (D)turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and (E)strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”[a]
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- Malachi 4:6 The Hebrew term rendered decree of utter destruction refers to things devoted (or set apart) to the Lord (or by the Lord) for destruction
Isaiah 57:14
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Comfort for the Contrite
14 And it shall be said,
(A)“Build up, build up, prepare the way,
remove every obstruction from my people's way.”
Isaiah 43:19
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19 (A)Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
(B)I will make a way in the wilderness
(C)and rivers in the desert.
Isaiah 62:10-11
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10 Go through, go through the gates;
(A)prepare the way for the people;
(B)build up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
(C)lift up a signal over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
(D)Say to the daughter of Zion,
(E)“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.”
Isaiah 35:8
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8 (A)And a highway shall be there,
and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
(B)the unclean shall not pass over it.
It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 35:8 Or if they are fools, they shall not wander in it
Luke 3:2-6
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2 during (A)the high priesthood of Annas and (B)Caiaphas, (C)the word of God came to (D)John the son of Zechariah in (E)the wilderness. 3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming (F)a baptism of repentance (G)for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in (H)the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
(I)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(J)‘Prepare the way of the Lord,[a]
make his paths straight.
5 (K)Every valley shall be filled,
(L)and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
(M)and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 (N)and all flesh shall see (O)the salvation of God.’”
Footnotes
- Luke 3:4 Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord
Isaiah 49:11
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11 (A)And I will make all my mountains a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.
Isaiah 11:15-16
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15 And the Lord will utterly destroy[a]
(A)the tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over (B)the River[b]
with his scorching breath,[c]
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.
16 And there will be (C)a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
(D)as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 11:15 Hebrew devote to destruction
- Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates
- Isaiah 11:15 Or wind
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