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

And when it was evening the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them the wages [stipulated], beginning from the last even to the first.

A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Every ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

and Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susannah, and many others, who served them with their property.

And the Lord said, Who then is a faithful, a wise steward, whom the lord shall place over his family, to give them their proper food in due time?

and he put his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

AND he also said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man that had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his property.

And calling him, he said to him, What is this which I hear of you? Render an account of your stewardship; for you can be no longer a steward.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

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

And the Lord said to him, Arise and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for [a man] by the name of Saul of Tarsus; for behold, he prays,

And passing through the first guard, and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city, which opened to them of itself, and going out they went forward one street, and immediately the angel left him.

AND when we had torn ourselves from them we set sail, and going in a straight course came to Cos, and on the next day to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.

But I am in a strait between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ; for this is far better;

For a bishop must be blameless as a steward of God, not self-indulgent, not soon angry, not given to wine, not contentious, not devoted to base gain,

and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each of the gates was of one pearl. And the street of the city was of pure gold, transparent as glass.