(A)Repent, for (B)the kingdom of heaven [a]is at hand.” For this is the (C)one referred to [b]by Isaiah the prophet when he said,

(D)The voice of one [c]calling [d]out in the wilderness,
(E)Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:2 Lit has come near
  2. Matthew 3:3 Or through
  3. Matthew 3:3 Or shouting
  4. Matthew 3:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way

(A)The voice of one calling out,
(B)Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make [a]straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the uneven ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;

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  1. Isaiah 40:3 Or smooth

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