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Luke 3:4

As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet,"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,'Make ready the way of the Lord.Make his paths straight.

New Heart English Bible

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

3He came into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

5Every valley will be filled.Every mountain and hill will be brought low.The crooked will become straight,and the rough ways smooth.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:14He will say, "Cast up, cast up, prepare the way,take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people."

Malachi 4:6He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.

Mark 1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness,'Make ready the way of the Lord!Make his paths straight!'"

Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High,for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways,

John 1:23He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

John 3:28You yourselves bear me 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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