Matthew 3:3

New American Standard Bible

³For this is the ^(A)one referred to ^[a]by Isaiah the prophet when he said,

“^(B)The voice of one ^[b]calling ^[c]out in the wilderness,
‘^(C)Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

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Footnotes

Matthew 3:3 Or through
Matthew 3:3 Or shouting
Matthew 3:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way

Matthew 3:3 in all English translations

Mark 1:3-4

New American Standard Bible

³^(A)The voice of one calling ^[a]out in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

⁴John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, ^[b]^(B)preaching a baptism of repentance for the ^(C)forgiveness of sins.

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Mark 1:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way
Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming

Luke 3:4-6

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⁴as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“^(A)The voice of one calling ^[a]out in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!
⁵^(B)Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be lowered;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;
⁶^(C)And all ^[b]flesh will ^(D)see the salvation of God!’”