Isaiah 40:3

He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

In those days came John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

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The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

In those days came John the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

And many of the sons of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.