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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
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This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
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This is the one about whom it is written: “‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
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Jesus said to them, “You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father.”
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“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son.
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“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
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“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
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“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
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When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.
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So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
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as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—
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“a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
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but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
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She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial.
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The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
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And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
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which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—
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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
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This is the one about whom it is written: “‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
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“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
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Won’t he rather say, ‘Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink’?
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“Where do you want us to prepare for it?” they asked.
