Luke 7:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁷ He is the one about whom it was written [Mal. 3:1], ‘Look, I [will] send my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the pathway in front of you.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You. [Mal. 3:1.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Common English Bible

²⁷ He is the one of whom it’s written:Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written: "Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Luke 7:27 Cross References

Matthew 11:10

He is the one about whom it was written [Mal. 3:1], ‘Look, I [will] send my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the pathway in front of you.’

Mark 1:2

It was even written in Isaiah, the prophet [Note: Verse 2 is quoted from Mal. 3:1; verse 3 from Isa. 40:3], “Look, I am sending my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.

Luke 1:76

Yes, you [my] child [i.e., John], will be called the prophet of the Highest [i.e., God], for you will go ahead of the Lord’s presence to prepare His ways.

Luke 7:26

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I will say [he is], and much more than a prophet.

Luke 7:28

And I tell you, among [all] those born of women, there is no one greater than John [the Immerser], yet the least significant person in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

John 1:23

He replied, “I am the voice of a man who is calling out in the desert, [urging people to] ‘Make the road for the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said, [Isa. 40:3].”