This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, when he said: "Here is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; Make the paths straight for him.'"

So whenever you do your deeds of charity, never blow your own horn in public, as the hypocrites are in the habit of doing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to be praised by the people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

"Also, whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, to attract the attention of people. I solemnly say to you, they already have their reward.

And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Rabbi," and affectionately kissed Him.

He is a voice of one who shouts in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make the paths straight for Him.'"

Which is easier, to say to the paralyzed man, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say to him, 'Get up, pick up your pallet and start walking!"

But many people saw them start and knew of it and ran around the lake from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

So off they went and found a colt tied outside a door at a street corner. They untied it,

So when he came he went straight up to Jesus, and said, "Rabbi," and with much affection kissed Him.

have handed them down to us, I too, most excellent Theophilus, because I have carefully investigated them all from the start, have felt impressed to write them out in order for you

as it is written in the sermon-book of the prophet Isaiah: "Here is a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord, make the paths straight for Him.

Every ravine must be filled up, and every mountain and hill leveled down; the crooked places must become straight roads, and the rough roads must be made smooth,

Which is easier, to say 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say 'Get up and start walking'?

And men will say to you, 'Look! There he is!' or, 'Look! Here He is!' Do not start in pursuit of Him,

So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a mulberry tree, just to get a glimpse of Him, for Jesus was coming through on that street.

He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."

But there are some of you who do not trust in me." For Jesus knew from the start who they were that did not trust in Him, and who it was that was going to betray Him.

You sprang from the devil, your real father, and you want to practice your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the very start, and he does not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks out of his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

And you too are to bear testimony to me, because you have been with me from the start."

But I have told you these things that when the time does come, you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you these things at the start, because I was with you.

Peter looked him straight in the eye, and so did John, and said, "Look at us."

But Peter said, "No silver or gold have I, but what I do have I will give you. In the name of Jesus of Nazareth start walking."

And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called 'The Straight Street,' and ask at the house of Judas for one named Saul, from Tarsus, for he is now praying there.

Then Saul, who was also called Paul, because he was full of the Holy Spirit, looked him straight in the eye

and said, "You expert in every form of deception and sleight-of-hand, you son of the devil, you enemy of all that is right, will you never stop trying to make the Lord's straight paths crooked!

He continued listening to Paul as he spoke, and as Paul by looking straight at him observed that he had faith that he would be cured,

Paul answered, "I am not going crazy, your Excellency, Festus, but I am telling the straight truth.

Now finish doing it too, so that your readiness to finish it may be just like your readiness to start it, in accordance with what you have.

since they deal only with food and drink and various washings, that is, with mere material regulations which are in force only until the time of setting things straight.

and keep your feet in straight paths, so that limbs may not be dislocated, but instead be cured.

They have left the straight road and gone astray. They have followed the road that Balaam, the son of Beor, trod, who fell in love with the profits of wrongdoing