Matthew 3:3
“For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
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Related Verses
“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.”
“For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”
“In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,”
“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,”
“As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”