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


In Context

20 And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

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

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

24 And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the 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 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.'

The American 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.