He said, "I am the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'level the way for the Lord' — as the prophet Isaiah said."
the voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him' —
(This was the man spoken of by the prophet Isaiah: The voice of one who cries in the desert, 'Make the way ready for the Lord, level the paths for him.')
You can bear me out, that I said, 'I am not the Christ'; what I said was, 'I have been sent in advance of him.'
"Then who are you?" they said; "tell us, so that we can give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say for yourself?"
Now it was some of the Pharisees who had been sent to him;