Matthew 3:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.’ ”

Cross References

Isaiah 40:3

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Malachi 3:1

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Mark 1:3

the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight,’ ”

Luke 1:17

With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

John 1:23

He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ ” as the prophet Isaiah said.