Luke 1:17

17and ahe will go before him bin the spirit and power of Elijah, cto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and dthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, eto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76

76And you, child, will be called fthe prophet of gthe Most High;
for hyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 3:4-6

4As it is written in ithe book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,

j“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
kPrepare the way of the Lord,
Or  crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord

make his paths straight.
5 mEvery valley shall be filled,
nand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
oand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 pand all flesh shall see qthe salvation of God.’”

Luke 9:52

52And rhe sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of sthe Samaritans, to make preparations for him.
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