Luke 1:16

World English Bible (2000)

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.

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  • Isa 40:3-5 : 3 The voice of one who calls out, "Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God. 4 Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain. 5 The glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
  • Isa 49:6 : 6 yes, he says, "It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth."
  • Dan 12:3 : 3 Those who are wise shall shine as the brightness of the expanse; and those who turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.
  • Matt 3:1-6 : 1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, 2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" 3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight." 4 Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. 6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
  • Matt 21:32 : 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 1:17
    85%

    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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

  • Luke 1:75-77
    3 verses
    79%

    75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

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

    77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins,

  • Luke 1:13-15
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    78%

    13 But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

    14 You will have joy and gladness; and many will rejoice at his birth.

    15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

  • Mal 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

    6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."

  • Luke 1:79-80
    2 verses
    74%

    79 to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."

    80 The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

  • Acts 13:24
    74%

    24 before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

  • Luke 1:31-33
    3 verses
    73%

    31 Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and will call his name 'Jesus.'

    32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

    33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom."

  • Luke 1:66-69
    4 verses
    73%

    66 All who heard them laid them up in their heart, saying, "What then will this child be?" The hand of the Lord was with him.

    67 His father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,

    68 "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and worked redemption for his people;

    69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

    3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

  • Mic 5:3
    72%

    3 Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the children of Israel.

  • Luke 2:32
    72%

    32 a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel."

  • Isa 31:6
    71%

    6 Return to him from whom you have deeply revolted, children of Israel.

  • Luke 3:4
    71%

    4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

  • Matt 3:3
    71%

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

  • Luke 1:8
    70%

    8 Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,

  • Luke 1:54-55
    2 verses
    70%

    54 He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,

    55 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever."

  • Matt 11:10
    69%

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

  • John 1:23
    69%

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

  • 2 Chr 30:6
    69%

    6 So the couriers went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, "You children of Israel, turn again to Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that have escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

  • Zech 1:3
    69%

    3 Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return to me,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies.

  • Matt 1:21-23
    3 verses
    69%

    21 She shall bring forth a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins."

    22 Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

    23 "Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son. They shall call his name Immanuel;" which is, being interpreted, "God with us."

  • Isa 7:14
    69%

    14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin will conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

  • Rom 11:26
    69%

    26 and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, "There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.

  • Hos 1:11
    69%

    11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

  • Isa 59:20
    69%

    20 "A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob," says Yahweh.

  • Luke 7:27
    69%

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

  • John 1:31
    69%

    31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

  • Mal 1:5
    68%

    5 Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahweh is great--even beyond the border of Israel!"

  • Mal 3:1
    68%

    1 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies.

  • Luke 3:6
    68%

    6 All flesh will see God's salvation.'"

  • Luke 1:25
    68%

    25 "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."

  • Jer 31:1
    68%

    1 At that time, says Yahweh, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

  • 2 Chr 30:9
    68%

    9 For if you turn again to Yahweh, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before those who led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Yahweh your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."

  • Zech 8:22
    68%

    22 Yes, many peoples and strong nations will come to seek Yahweh of Armies in Jerusalem, and to entreat the favor of Yahweh."

  • Luke 1:72
    68%

    72 to show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,