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A voice in the wilderness

Isaiah heard a voice calling for a highway to be prepared for God in the desert. All three Synoptic Gospels say that voice was John the Baptist, preaching by the Jordan.

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A New Testament passage quotes an earlier passage.

Old TestamentIsaiah 40:3Open this record
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New TestamentMatthew 3:3Open this record

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A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:3 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

Read the later witness

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”
Matthew 3:3 New International Version (NIV)The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by Permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide.

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Matthew 3:3 quotes Isaiah 40:3.

Matthew, Mark, and Luke all introduce John with Isaiah's voice calling in the wilderness to prepare the way for the Lord.

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