John 1:31
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31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, (A)therefore I came baptizing with water.”
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Malachi 3:1
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The Coming Messenger
3 “Behold, (A)I send My messenger,
And he will (B)prepare the way before Me.
And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple,
(C)Even the Messenger of the covenant,
In whom you delight.
Behold, (D)He is coming,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
Luke 1:17
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17 (A)He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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John 1:33
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33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, (A)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
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John 1:7
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7 This man came for a (A)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (B)believe.
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Luke 3:3-4
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3 (A)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (B)for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
(C)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
Mark 1:3-5
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3 “The(A) voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
4 (B)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance [a]for the remission of sins. 5 (C)Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
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- Mark 1:4 Or because of forgiveness
Matthew 3:6
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6 (A)and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Malachi 4:2-5
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2 But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
3 (C)You shall trample the wicked,
For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet
On the day that I do this,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
4 “Remember the (D)Law of Moses, My servant,
Which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel,
With (E)the statutes and judgments.
5 Behold, I will send you (F)Elijah the prophet
(G)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Isaiah 40:3-5
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3 (A)The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)“Prepare the way of the Lord;
(C)Make straight [a]in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
(D)The crooked places shall be made [b]straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The (E)glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
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- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
- Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain
Acts 19:4
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4 Then Paul said, (A)“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”
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Luke 2:39-42
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The Family Returns to Nazareth
39 So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth. 40 (A)And the Child grew and became strong [a]in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him.
The Boy Jesus Amazes the Scholars
41 His parents went to (B)Jerusalem (C)every year at the Feast of the Passover. 42 And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the (D)custom of the feast.
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- Luke 2:40 NU omits in spirit
Luke 1:76-80
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76 “And you, child, will be called the (A)prophet of the Highest;
For (B)you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 To give (C)knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the [a]Dayspring from on high [b]has visited us;
79 (D)To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To (E)guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 So (F)the child grew and became strong in spirit, and (G)was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.
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