“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He red
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way befo
Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him,
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the
A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the dese
There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
The disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says t
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on kil
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be calle
When the eight days before His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He w
He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he re
Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will
Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my s
Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking
So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look f
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redempti
Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit de
In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.