Luke 7:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, “I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.”

Cross References

Isaiah 40:3

Someone is shouting: “Clear a path in the desert! Make a straight road for the LORD our God.

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.

Matthew 11:10

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

Mark 1:2

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.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called a prophet of God in heaven above. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Luke 7:26

What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet.

Luke 7:28

No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.

John 1:23

John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”