John 1:23

John chapter 1 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

King James Version · 1611

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

American Standard Version · 1901

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

v.22They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

v.23This passage

v.24And they had been sent from the Pharisees.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Luke 1:16
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn unto the Lord their God.
John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
Luke 1:76
Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
Isaiah 40:3
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Mark 1:3
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;