Luke 3:4

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: 1 “ A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 1 ‘ Prepare the way of the Lord, 1 make His paths straight. 1

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

In Context

3And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

5Every valley shall be filled 1 and every mountain and hill shall be humbled; 1 the crooked roads shall become straight, 1 and the rough roads shall become smooth; 1

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Cross References

Mark 1:3“ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 1 ‘ In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; 1 make His paths straight.’ ”

Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; 1 For you will go before the face of the Lord 1 To prepare His ways, 1

John 1:23He said: “I am 1 ‘ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 1 “ Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

John 3:28You yourselves bear witness that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’

Matthew Henry on Luke 3:2-15

Ministry of John the Baptist. 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituræa and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is… Read the whole commentary →

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