The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 24:26 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness (desert)–do not go out there; if they tell you, Behold, He is in the secret places or inner rooms–do not believe it. American Standard Version (1901) If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not. Common English Bible So if they say to you, ‘Look, he’s in the desert,’ don’t go out. And if they say, ‘Look, he’s in the rooms deep inside the house,’ don’t believe it. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, if they will have said to you, 'Behold, he is in the desert,' do not choose to go out, or, 'Behold, he is in the inner rooms,' do not be willing to believe it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If therefore they shall say to you: Behold he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the closets, believe it not. |
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?