Mark 1:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

It began just as God had said in the book written by Isaiah the prophet, “I am sending my messenger to get the way ready for you.

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

I, the Lord All-Powerful, will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will appear in his temple. The messenger you desire is coming with my promise, and he is on his way.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called the prophet of God Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Matthew 11:10

In the Scriptures God says about him, “I am sending my messenger ahead to get things ready for you.”

Luke 1:70

Long ago the Lord promised by the words of his holy prophets

Matthew 26:31

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Psalm 40:7

And so, I said, “I am here to do what is written about me in the book, where it says,

Luke 18:31

Jesus took the twelve apostles aside and said: We are now on our way to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will happen there.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. But it's going to be terrible for the one who betrays me! That man would be better off if he had never been born.”

Matthew 2:5

They told him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, just as the prophet wrote,