Luke 1:17 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁷ And he will go before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers back 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]–in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state]. [Isa. 40:3; Mal. 4:5, 6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to walk in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ He will go forth before the Lord, equipped with the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and he will turn the disobedient to righteous patterns of thinking. He will make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And he will go before him with the spirit and power of Elijah, so that he may turn the hearts of the fathers to the sons, and the incredulous to the prudence of the just, so as to prepare for the Lord a completed people."

Luke 1:17 Cross References

Matthew 11:14

And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

Matthew 14:4

For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for yoʋ to have her.”

Matthew 3:3

This is the one who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, who said, “The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’ ”

Matthew 3:4

Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Luke 1:16

He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:76

And yoʋ, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for yoʋ will go before the presence of the Lord to prepare his ways,

John 1:13

who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:34

And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”

John 3:28

You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent ahead of him.’

Acts 10:33

So I sent for yoʋ at once, and yoʋ have done well by coming. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that yoʋ have been commanded by God.”

Romans 9:23

in order to make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy that he has prepared in advance for glory,

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled us to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.

2 Timothy 2:21

Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master, and prepared for every good work.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen lineage, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he is revealed we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

Revelation 20:4

Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for the thousand years.