He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.