Luke 7:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

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  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Mark 1:2 : 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
  • Isa 40:3 : 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and will drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.
  • Matt 11:10 : 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

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  • Matt 11:9-11
    3 verses
    93%

    9But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

    10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    11Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    82%

    1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

    2And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

    3For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Luke 7:28
    81%

    28For I say to you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  • John 1:30-31
    2 verses
    80%

    30This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.

    31I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.

  • Luke 1:76
    79%

    76And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

  • Luke 7:26
    79%

    26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

  • John 1:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22Then they said to him, Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

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

  • Luke 3:4
    78%

    4As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Mal 3:1
    78%

    1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.

  • Mark 1:7
    77%

    7And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

  • John 3:28
    77%

    28You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.

  • Luke 7:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    17And this rumor of him went throughout all Judea, and throughout all the surrounding region.

    18And the disciples of John reported to him of all these things.

    19And John, calling two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you the one that should come? or do we look for another?

    20When the men came to him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you the one that should come? or do we look for another?

  • John 1:15
    77%

    15John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • John 1:26-27
    2 verses
    77%

    26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there stands one among you whom you do not know.

    27It is he who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.

  • John 1:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

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

    7This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

    8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

  • Luke 1:17
    74%

    17He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Mal 4:5
    74%

    5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

  • Luke 7:24
    74%

    24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • Matt 11:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3And said to him, Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?

    4Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which you hear and see:

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24When John first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

    25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom do you think that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to untie.

  • John 1:19
    73%

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

  • Matt 12:17
    73%

    17That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

  • Matt 11:14
    72%

    14And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.

  • Matt 11:7
    72%

    7And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • Isa 40:3
    72%

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

  • John 1:33
    72%

    33I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

  • John 3:26
    71%

    26They came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him.

  • Acts 3:20
    71%

    20And He shall send Jesus Christ, who before was preached to you:

  • Luke 3:16
    71%

    16John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • Luke 7:22
    70%

    22Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard: how the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

  • John 7:29
    70%

    29But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

  • Matt 17:11
    70%

    11And Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things.

  • Matt 17:13
    70%

    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.