Luke 3:5

Every 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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

In Context

4as 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

6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ” 1 John Preaches to the People

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Cross References

Hebrews 12:12Therefore strengthen the hands which are weakened, and the feeble knees,

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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