D&C 65:1 · Matthew 3:3
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Eleven consecutive words match without variation, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.' - the revelation joins the first of them to the preceding clause with a dash, printing 'unto men—Prepare', where the Gospel sets it off with a comma. The pairing is with the Gospel and not the prophecy the Gospel attributes the words to: 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord' stands at ten distinct frozen verses including Isaiah 40:3, but 'make his paths straight' stands at exactly seven and none is in Isaiah, whose verse reads 'make straight in the desert a highway for our God'. The seven are Matthew 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, 1 Nephi 10:8, D&C 33:10, D&C 65:1, and D&C 133:17. Divergence: the Gospel locates the voice in the wilderness; the section describes its reach rather than its place. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review.