You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.’

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,

So the master said to his slave, ‘Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled.

“Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.’

and said, “You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness – will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church.