A voice of one crying out:

Prepare the way of the Lord in the wilderness;(A)
make a straight highway for our God in the desert.(B)

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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.

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As it is written in Isaiah(A) the prophet:[a](B)

See, I am sending my messenger(C) ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.[b][c] (D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:2 Other mss read in the prophets
  2. 1:2 Other mss add before you
  3. 1:2 Mal 3:1

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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76 And you, child, will be called
a prophet of the Most High,(A)
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare his ways,(B)

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76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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