Luke 3:3-5

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming s a baptism of repentance t for the forgiveness of sins.

4 As it is written in u the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
v "The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
w 'Prepare the way of the Lord, 1
make his paths straight.
 5 x Every valley shall be filled,
y and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
z and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,

  1. Cross References
    Acts 2:38
    And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 26:28
    For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
    Luke 1:77
    To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.
  3. Cross References
    Luke 4:17
    And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written.
    Acts 8:28
    And was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.
  4. Cross References
    John 1:23
    He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.
    Isaiah 40:3 - 5
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 1:76
    And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:3 - 5
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:14
    And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:11
    And I will make all my mountains a road, and my highways shall be raised up.
    Zechariah 4:7
    Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:16
    And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.
    Isaiah 45:2
    I will go before you and level the exalted places, I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.
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