Luke 1:76
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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,
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.
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.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:3 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX omits in the desert
- Isaiah 40:4 Or a plain
Mark 1:2-3
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2 As it is written in [a]the Prophets:
(A)“Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.”
3 “The(B) voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
Footnotes
- Mark 1:2 NU Isaiah the prophet
Matthew 11:9-10
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9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, (A)and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written:
(B)‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’
John 1:23
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23 He said: (A)“I am
(B)‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
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Matthew 14:5
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5 And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, (A)because they counted him as a prophet.
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Matthew 3:3
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3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
(A)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
(B)‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.’ ”
Acts 16:17
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17 This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.”
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Luke 1:35
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35 And the angel answered and said to her, (A)“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called (B)the Son of God.
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Luke 1:32
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32 He will be great, (A)and will be called the Son of the Highest; and (B)the Lord God will give Him the (C)throne of His (D)father David.
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Mark 11:32
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32 But if we say, ‘From men’ ”—they feared the people, for (A)all counted John to have been a prophet indeed.
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Acts 13:24-25
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24 (A)after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was finishing his course, he said, (B)‘Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, (C)there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’
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John 3:28
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28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, (A)‘I am not the Christ,’ but, (B)‘I have been sent before Him.’
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John 1:27
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27 (A)It is He who, coming after me, [a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
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- John 1:27 ranks higher than I
Luke 7:27-28
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27 This is he of whom it is written:
(A)‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’
28 For I say to you, among those born of women there is [a]not a (B)greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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- Luke 7:28 NU none greater than John;
Luke 3:4-6
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4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
(A)“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And (B)all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”
Luke 1:16-17
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16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 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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Matthew 21:26
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26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we (A)fear the multitude, (B)for all count John as a prophet.”
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Matthew 3:11
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11 (A)I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. (B)He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit [a]and fire.
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- Matthew 3:11 M omits and fire
Malachi 4:5
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5 Behold, I will send you (A)Elijah the prophet
(B)Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
Psalm 87:5
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5 And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”
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