23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.


In Context

20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elias? And he said, I am not. Are you that prophet? And he answered, No.

22 Then said they to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What say you of yourself?

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

24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptize you then, if you be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

John 1:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of the Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, |I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:23He said, 'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'