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Luke 1:76
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Luke 1:76
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76 “And you, my little son,
will be called the prophet of the Most High,
because you will prepare the way for the Lord.
Luke 1:76
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Luke 1:76
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Malachi 3:1
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Malachi 3:1
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The Coming Day of Judgment
3 “Look! I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Then the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger of the covenant, whom you look for so eagerly, is surely coming,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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3 Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting,
“Clear the way through the wilderness
for the Lord!
Make a straight highway through the wasteland
for our God!
4 Fill in the valleys,
and level the mountains and hills.
Straighten the curves,
and smooth out the rough places.
5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
The Lord has spoken!”[a]
Footnotes
- 40:3-5 Greek version reads He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, / “Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming! / Clear a road for our God! / Fill in the valleys, / and level the mountains and hills. / And then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, / and all people will see the salvation sent from God. / The Lord has spoken!” Compare Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; Luke 3:4-6.
Isaiah 40:3-5
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Isaiah 40:3-5
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3 A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way(A) for the Lord[a];
make straight(B) in the desert
a highway for our God.[b](C)
4 Every valley shall be raised up,(D)
every mountain and hill(E) made low;
the rough ground shall become level,(F)
the rugged places a plain.
5 And the glory(G) of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.(H)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”(I)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
- Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God
Mark 1:2-3
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Mark 1:2-3
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2 just as the prophet Isaiah had written:
“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way.[a]
3 He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming!
Clear the road for him!’[b]”
Mark 1:2-3
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Mark 1:2-3
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Matthew 11:9-10
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Matthew 11:9-10
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9 Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. 10 John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way before you.’[a]
Matthew 11:9-10
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Matthew 11:9-10
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9 Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?(A) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written:
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:10 Mal. 3:1
John 1:23
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John 1:23
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23 John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:
“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’”[a]
John 1:23
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John 1:23
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23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)
Footnotes
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
Matthew 14:5
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Matthew 14:5
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5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a prophet.
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Matthew 14:5
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Matthew 14:5
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5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(A)
Matthew 3:3
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Matthew 3:3
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3 The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said,
“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming!
Clear the road for him!’”[a]
Matthew 3:3
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Matthew 3:3
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3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
Footnotes
- Matthew 3:3 Isaiah 40:3
Acts 16:17
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Acts 16:17
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17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”
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Acts 16:17
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Acts 16:17
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17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(A) who are telling you the way to be saved.”
Luke 1:35
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Luke 1:35
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35 The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.
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Luke 1:35
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Luke 1:35
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Luke 1:32
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Luke 1:32
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32 He will be very great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.
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Luke 1:32
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Luke 1:32
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32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High.(A) The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,(B)
Mark 11:32
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Mark 11:32
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32 But do we dare say it was merely human?” For they were afraid of what the people would do, because everyone believed that John was a prophet.
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Mark 11:32
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Mark 11:32
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32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)(A)
Acts 13:24-25
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Acts 13:24-25
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24 Before he came, John the Baptist preached that all the people of Israel needed to repent of their sins and turn to God and be baptized. 25 As John was finishing his ministry he asked, ‘Do you think I am the Messiah? No, I am not! But he is coming soon—and I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the sandals on his feet.’
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Acts 13:24-25
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Acts 13:24-25
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24 Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.(A) 25 As John was completing his work,(B) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.(C) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’(D)
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