John 1:23

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” ^[a]

John 1:23 In-Context

21 “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent

25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 40:3 (see also LXX)