In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
Mark 1:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight,’ ” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! [Isa. 40:3.] American Standard Version (1901) The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight; Common English Bible a voice shouting in the wilderness: “Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.” Catholic Public Domain Version The voice of one crying out in the desert: Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. |
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
(John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ ”)