Isaiah 40:3

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³A voice cries out:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.^(A)

Matthew 3:3

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³This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said,

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’ ”^(A)

³the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight,’ ”^(A)

⁴as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,

“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.^(A)

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

By National Council of the Churches of Christ