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For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    make the way of the Lord ready!
    Make his paths straight!”(A)

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As it is written in the prophets,

“Behold,[a] I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way before you:(A)
the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    ‘Make ready the way of the Lord!
    Make his paths straight!’”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 “Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

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

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
    ‘Make ready the way of the Lord.
Make his paths straight.

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

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