Luke 1:76

World English Bible (2000)

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,

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  • 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.
  • Luke 1:32 : 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,
  • Mark 1:2-3 : 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!'"
  • Acts 16:17 : 17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!"
  • Luke 1:35 : 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
  • Matt 3:3 : 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."
  • Matt 11:9-9 : 9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet. 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.'
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
  • Matt 21:26 : 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
  • Mal 4:5 : 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
  • Ps 87:5 : 5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" the Most High himself will establish her.
  • 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."
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 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. 5 Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth. 6 All flesh will see God's salvation.'"
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
  • Luke 7:27-28 : 27 This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.' 28 "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
  • John 1:23 : 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."
  • John 1:27 : 27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
  • John 3:28 : 28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
  • Acts 13:24-25 : 24 before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel. 25 As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
  • Mark 11:32 : 32 If we should say, 'From men'"--they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 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 prepare a people prepared for the Lord."

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