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A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 40:3

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Matthew 3:3Fulfilled in

A voice of one calling in the wilderness — John the Baptist

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Luke 3:4Fulfilled in

A voice of one calling in the wilderness

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

John 1:23Fulfilled in

I am the voice crying in the wilderness — John's own claim

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

Mark 1:3Quoted in

A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Luke 3:4Quoted in

A voice of one calling in the wilderness

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Mark 1:3Fulfilled in

'A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord.' All four Gospels see John the Baptist in Isaiah's words — he's the voice before the Word.

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Matthew 3:3Quotes

'A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord.' John the Baptist is Isaiah's voice — 700 years of waiting, then suddenly, a man appears in the desert.

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

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