In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Mark 1:3 - Revised Standard Version CI the voice of one crying 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 came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness;
(John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’ ”)