The voice of one crying in the wilderness This is the other testimony in proof of the same, and may be read in ( Isaiah 40:3 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 3:3).
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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way.
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The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
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John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
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And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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