(A)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (B)for the remission of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

(C)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
And (D)all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”

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And he came into all (A)the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance [a]for the forgiveness of sins; as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

(B)The voice of one calling [b]out in the wilderness,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!
(C)Every ravine will be filled,
And every mountain and hill will be lowered;
The crooked will become straight,
And the rough roads smooth;
(D)And all [c]flesh will (E)see the salvation of God!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:3 Or with reference to
  2. Luke 3:4 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way
  3. Luke 3:6 I.e., mankind

He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.(A) As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.
And all people will see God’s salvation.’”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 3:6 Isaiah 40:3-5

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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

And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

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