10 This is the one about whom it [a]is written:

(A)Behold, I am sending My messenger [b]ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

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  1. Matthew 11:10 Lit has been written
  2. Matthew 11:10 Lit before Your face

10 This is the one about whom it is written:

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

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  1. Matthew 11:10 Mal. 3:1

(A)just as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

(B)Behold, I am sending My messenger [a]before You,
Who will prepare Your way;
(C)The voice of one calling [b]out in the wilderness,
Prepare the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, [c](D)preaching a baptism of repentance for the (E)forgiveness of sins.

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  1. Mark 1:2 Lit before your face
  2. Mark 1:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way
  3. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

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

And so John the Baptist(C) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(D) for the forgiveness of sins.(E)

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

And he was [a]preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals.

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  1. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming

And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.(A)

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27 This is the one about whom it is written:

(A)Behold, I am sending My messenger [a]ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

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  1. Luke 7:27 Lit before Your face

27 This is the one about whom it is written:

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

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  1. Luke 7:27 Mal. 3:1

28 I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is [a]least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

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  1. Luke 7:28 Or less

28 I 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(A) is greater than he.”

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