Matthew 3:3

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Summary

For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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Prepare

Isaiah 57:14

Malachi 3:1

Luke 1:17

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Bible References

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A voice of one is calling out,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness [remove the obstacles];
Make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God.

A voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight!’”

And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin;

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

Prepare

And it will be said,
“Build up, build up, clear the way.
Remove the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people.”

“Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will prepare and clear the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts.

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.”

General references

Does not wisdom call,
And understanding lift up her voice?

This is the one of whom it is written [by the prophet Malachi],

‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

A voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,

Make His paths straight!’”

He will turn many of the sons of Israel back [from sin] to [love and serve] the Lord their God.