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.

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

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;

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.

And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

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

And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, {and} rivers in the desert.

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

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. {a plain...: Heb. a way of plainness} {mine...: Heb. those which observe me}

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim {is} my firstborn. {supplications: or, favours}

All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and {from} the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. {turned: or, compassed} {inhabited: or, shall abide}

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;

And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

And he sent Eliakim, which {was} over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.