Matthew 11:10

Good News Translation (US Version)

For John is the one of whom the scripture says: ‘God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

The Lord Almighty answers, “I will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then the Lord you are looking for will suddenly come to his Temple. The messenger you long to see will come and proclaim my covenant.”

Isaiah 40:3

A voice cries out, “Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord! Clear the way in the desert for our God!

Malachi 4:5

“But before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes, I will send you the prophet Elijah.

Mark 1:2

It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: “God said, ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’

John 1:23

John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: “I am ‘the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!’”

Matthew 3:3

John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said, “Someone is shouting in the desert, ‘Prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!’”

Matthew 11:3

“Tell us,” they asked Jesus, “are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Matthew 11:11

I assure you that John the Baptist is greater than anyone who has ever lived. But the one who is least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than John.

Luke 1:76

“You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,