Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
In Context
4John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching a baptism of repentance, as a remission of sins.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:3The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
Luke 3:4just as it has been written in the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah: “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord. Make straight his paths.
John 1:19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him, so that they might ask him, “Who are you?”
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9
Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →