Mal 3:1, Mat 3:6, Luk 1:17, 76-77, 3:3-4 | ISV

Malachi 3:1

Matthew 3:6

6 being baptized by him in the Jordan River while they confessed their sins.Acts 19:4, 18

Luke 1:17

17 He is the one who will go before the Lord ^{▼▼Lit. before him} with the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare the people to be ready for the Lord.”Mal 4:5; Matt 11:14; Mark 9:12

Luke 1:76-77

76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High.Isa 40:3; Mal 3:1; 4:5; Matt 11:10; Luke 11:17

For you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his ways

77 and to give his people the knowledge of salvationMark 1:4; Luke 3:3

through the forgiveness of their sins.

Luke 3:3-4

3 John ^{▼▼Lit. He} went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,Matt 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 1:77 4 as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,Isa 40:3; Matt 3:3; Mark 1:3; John 1:23

“He is a voice calling out in the wilderness:

‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!