Malachi 3:1

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3 ^(A)“Behold, I send ^(B)my messenger, and ^(C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^(D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^(E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

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Malachi 3:1

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3 “I will send my messenger,^(A) who will prepare the way before me.^(B) Then suddenly the Lord^(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,^(D) whom you desire,^(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

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Malachi 4:5

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)“Behold, I will send you ^(B)Elijah the prophet ^(C)before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

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Malachi 4:5

New International Version

⁵“See, I will send the prophet Elijah^(A) to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.^(B)

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Luke 1:76

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⁷⁶And you, child, will be called ^(A)the prophet of ^(B)the Most High;
for ^(C)you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

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Luke 1:76

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⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet^(A) of the Most High;^(B)
for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,^(C)

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Isaiah 63:9

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⁹^(A)In all their affliction he was afflicted,^[a]
and the angel of his presence saved them;
^(B)in his love and in his pity he redeemed them;
^(C)he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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Isaiah 63:9 Or he did not afflict

Isaiah 63:9

New International Version

⁹In all their distress he too was distressed,
    and the angel^(A) of his presence^(B) saved them.^[a]
In his love and mercy he redeemed^(C) them;
    he lifted them up and carried^(D) them
    all the days of old.^(E)

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Isaiah 63:9 Or Savior ⁹in their distress. / It was no envoy or angel / but his own presence that saved them

Acts 19:4

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⁴And Paul said, ^(A)“John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people ^(B)to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.”

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Acts 19:4

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⁴Paul said, “John’s baptism^(A) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”^(B)

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John 1:6-7

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⁶There was a man ^(A)sent from God, whose name was ^(B)John. ⁷He came as a ^(C)witness, to bear witness about the light, ^(D)that all might believe through him.

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John 1:6-7

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⁶There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^(A) ⁷He came as a witness to testify^(B) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(C)

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Malachi 2:7

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⁷For ^(A)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people^[a] should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

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Malachi 2:7 Hebrew they

Malachi 2:7

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⁷“For the lips of a priest^(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger^(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.^(C)

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Luke 7:26-28

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²⁶What then did you go out to see? ^(A)A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he of whom it is written,

^(B)“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’

²⁸I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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Luke 7:26-28

New International Version

²⁶But what did you go out to see? A prophet?^(A) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’^[a]^(B)

²⁸I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God^(C) is greater than he.”

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Luke 7:27 Mal. 3:1

Mark 1:2-3

English Standard Version

²^(A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,^[a]

^(B)“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
³^(C)the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
    ^(D)‘Prepare^[b] the way of the Lord,
    make his paths straight,’”

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Mark 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets
Mark 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness

Mark 1:2-3

New International Version

²as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”^[a]^(A)—
³“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”^[b]^(B)

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Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3

Acts 7:38

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³⁸This is the one ^(A)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with ^(B)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. ^(C)He received ^(D)living ^(E)oracles to give to us.

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Acts 7:38

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³⁸He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel^(A) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;^(B) and he received living words^(C) to pass on to us.^(D)

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Luke 19:47

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⁴⁷^(A)And he was teaching daily in the temple. ^(B)The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,

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Luke 19:47

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⁴⁷Every day he was teaching at the temple.^(A) But the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him.^(B)

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Isaiah 9:6

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⁶^(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us ^(B)a son is given;
^(C)and the government shall be ^(D)upon^[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called^[b]
Wonderful ^(E)Counselor, ^(F)Mighty God,
    ^(G)Everlasting ^(H)Father, Prince of ^(I)Peace.

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Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

Isaiah 9:6

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⁶For to us a child is born,^(A)
    to us a son is given,^(B)
    and the government^(C) will be on his shoulders.^(D)
And he will be called
    Wonderful Counselor,^(E) Mighty God,^(F)
    Everlasting^(G) Father,^(H) Prince of Peace.^(I)

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Luke 2:21-32

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²¹And ^(A)at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, ^(B)he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Jesus Presented at the Temple

²²And ^(C)when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem ^(D)to present him to the Lord ²³(as it is written in ^(E)the Law of the Lord, ^(F)“Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) ²⁴and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in ^(G)the Law of the Lord, ^(H)“a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” ²⁵Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was ^(I)righteous and ^(J)devout, ^(K)waiting for ^(L)the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. ²⁶And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not ^(M)see death before he had seen ^(N)the Lord's Christ. ²⁷And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when ^(O)the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, ²⁸he took him up in his arms and ^(P)blessed God and said,

²⁹“Lord, now you are letting your servant^[a] depart ^(Q)in peace,
    ^(R)according to your word;
³⁰for ^(S)my eyes have seen your ^(T)salvation
³¹    ^(U)that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
³²^(V)a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and ^(W)for glory to ^(X)your people Israel.”

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Luke 2:29 Or bondservant

Luke 2:21-32

New International Version

²¹On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child,^(A) he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.^(B)

Jesus Presented in the Temple

²²When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses,^(C) Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord ²³(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”^[a]),^(D) ²⁴and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”^[b]^(E)

²⁵Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout.^(F) He was waiting for the consolation of Israel,^(G) and the Holy Spirit was on him. ²⁶It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. ²⁷Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required,^(H) ²⁸Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

²⁹“Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,^(I)
    you may now dismiss^[c] your servant in peace.^(J)
³⁰For my eyes have seen your salvation,^(K)
³¹    which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
³²a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”^(L)

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Footnotes

Luke 2:23 Exodus 13:2,12
Luke 2:24 Lev. 12:8
Luke 2:29 Or promised, / now dismiss

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