Matthew 11:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

In the Scriptures God says about him, “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.

Malachi 4:5

I, the LORD, promise to send the prophet Elijah before that great and terrible day comes.

Matthew 11:11

I tell you that no one ever born on this earth is greater than John the Baptist. But whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.

Matthew 11:3

to ask Jesus, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”

Matthew 3:3

John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said, “In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”

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.

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!’ ”