Mark 1:3
A voice is calling in the desert, ‘Prepare the Lord's way! Make his paths straight.’”
Free Bible 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
2Just as the prophet Isaiah wrote, “I'm sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare your way.
4John came, baptizing in the desert, announcing a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Cross References
Isaiah 40:3A voice is heard calling, “Prepare the way for the Lord in the wilderness, make a straight highway for our God through the desert.
Luke 3:4As Isaiah the prophet wrote: “A voice was heard crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
John 1:19This is what John publicly stated when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to 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 →