A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”John 1:23 NIV
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of JudeaMatthew 3:1 NIV
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 NIV