He is the one written about in Scripture where it says, “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way for you.’
“And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare the way for him,
Long ago it was written, “I will send my messenger ahead of you, to prepare your way.”
John replied, using the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I’m the voice calling out in the desert, ‘Make a straight way for the Lord.’ ”
John is the one written about in Scripture, where it says, “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way for you.’
Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
I tell you, no one more important than John has ever been born. But the least important person in God’s kingdom is more important than John.”