Mark 1:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

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  • Mal 3:1 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
  • Matt 11:10 : 10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
  • Luke 3:2-9 : 2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land. 3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. 4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. 5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God. 7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? 8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. 9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire. 10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do? 11 And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same. 12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do? 13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. 14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you. 15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not, 16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
  • Luke 7:27-28 : 27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you. 28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
  • Luke 18:31 : 31 And he took with him the twelve and said to them, Now we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things which were said by the prophets will be done to the Son of man.
  • Matt 26:24 : 24 The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.
  • Matt 26:31 : 31 Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth. 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Luke 1:70 : 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)
  • Matt 2:5 : 5 And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
  • Matt 3:1-9 : 1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near. 3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. 4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan; 6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong. 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? 8 Let your change of heart be seen in your works: 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Ps 40:7 : 7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 11:10
    86%

    10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Mark 1:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

    4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • Luke 3:3-5
    3 verses
    85%

    3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

    4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

    5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth;

  • Luke 7:27
    84%

    27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

    2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

    3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • John 1:22-24
    3 verses
    82%

    22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

    23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

    24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

  • Mark 1:1
    81%

    1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

  • Luke 1:76
    79%

    76 And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • John 1:30-31
    2 verses
    77%

    30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

  • Isa 40:3
    77%

    3 A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.

  • John 1:15
    76%

    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • Mal 3:1
    76%

    1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.

  • John 1:6
    76%

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Acts 13:24
    75%

    24 For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

  • Rom 1:2
    75%

    2 Of which God had given word before by his prophets in the holy Writings,

  • Luke 1:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

    17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.

  • Acts 3:20
    75%

    20 And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

  • Mark 1:7-11
    5 verses
    74%

    7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

    10 And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

    11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Matt 12:17
    74%

    17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Mark 1:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

    15 And saying, The time has come, and the kingdom of God is near: let your hearts be turned from sin and have faith in the good news.

  • Luke 1:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 As a number of attempts have been made to put together in order an account of those events which took place among us,

    2 As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

  • Luke 2:31
    73%

    31 Which you have made ready before the face of all nations;

  • John 3:28
    73%

    28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • Acts 10:37
    73%

    37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • John 1:27
    72%

    27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

  • Luke 4:17
    72%

    17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

  • Matt 1:22
    72%

    22 Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

  • Luke 1:70
    72%

    70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

  • Acts 1:1
    71%

    1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

  • Mal 4:5
    71%

    5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

  • John 1:33-34
    2 verses
    71%

    33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • Matt 4:14
    71%

    14 So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

  • John 1:19
    70%

    19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

  • Matt 3:17
    70%

    17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.