Malachi 3:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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.

Cross References

Psalm 110:1

The Lord says to my lord, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.”

Exodus 23:20

“I am going to send an angel in front of you, to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.

Exodus 23:21

Be attentive to him and listen to his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

Isaiah 40:10

See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him and his recompense before him.

Isaiah 63:9

in all their distress. It was no messenger or angel but his presence that saved them; in his love and pity it was he who redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders, and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Haggai 1:13

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, saying, “I am with you, says the Lord.”

Malachi 2:4

Know, then, that I have sent this command to you, that my covenant with Levi may hold, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:5

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

Matthew 11:14

and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

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 19:47

Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people kept looking for a way to kill him,

Luke 2:11

to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.

Luke 2:38

At that moment she came and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 7:38

He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to us.