This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.’
This is the voice of one who calls out: “Prepare in the desert the way for the Lord. Make a straight road in the dry lands for our God.
The Lord All-Powerful says, “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way for me. Suddenly, the Lord you are looking for will come to his Temple; the messenger of the agreement, whom you want, will come.”
as the prophet Isaiah wrote: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way.”
“Now you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go before the Lord to prepare his way.
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you, John is more than a prophet.
I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John.”
John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am the voice of one calling out in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’ ”