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]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3

17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.’

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As you go, proclaim this message: “The kingdom of heaven has come near.”

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