Luke 7:27

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This is the one about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

Cross References

Isaiah 40:3

A voice cries out: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Malachi 3:1

See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 11:10

This is the one about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

Mark 1:2

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 7:26

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Luke 7:28

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

John 1:23

He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ ” as the prophet Isaiah said.