Mark 1:3

1:3 the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,

‘Prepare the way for the Lord,

make 1  his paths straight.’” 2 

Mark 12:40

12:40 They 3  devour widows’ property, 4  and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment.”

1 sn This call to “make his paths straight” in this context is probably an allusion to preparation through repentance.

2 sn A quotation from Isa 40:3.

3 tn Grk “who,” continuing the sentence begun in v. 38.

4 tn Grk “houses,” “households”; however, the term can have the force of “property” or “possessions” as well (O. Michel, TDNT 5:131; BDAG 695 s.v. οἶκια 1.a).