Luk 1:76-79, 3:16-18, Joh 1:15, 27, 29-34, 3:28-36, 5:33-35 | ESV | STEP | And you , child , will be called the prophet of the Most High ; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways ,

Luke 1:76-79

76 And you, child, will be called ^athe prophet of ^bthe Most High;
for ^cyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
^din the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the ^etender mercy of our God,
whereby ^fthe sunrise shall ^gvisit us ^{▼▼Or when the sunrise shall dawn upon us; some manuscripts since the sunrise has visited us} ⁱfrom on high
79 to ^jgive light to ^kthose who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into ^lthe way of ^mpeace.”

Luke 3:16-18

16 ⁿJohn answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but ^ohe who is mightier than I is coming, ^pthe strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you ^qwith the Holy Spirit and ^rfire. 17 His ^swinnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to ^tgather the wheat into his barn, ^ubut the chaff he will burn with ^vunquenchable fire.”

18 So ^wwith many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.

John 1:15

15 ( ^xJohn bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ^y‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)

John 1:27

27 even ^zhe who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

John 1:29-34

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, ^aathe Lamb of God, who ^abtakes away the sin ^acof the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ^ad‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but ^aefor this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John ^afbore witness: ^ag“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and ^ahit remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but ^aihe who sent me to baptize ^ajwith water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, ^akthis is he who baptizes ^alwith the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”

John 3:28-36

28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ^am‘I am not the Christ, but ^anI have been sent before him.’ 29 ^aoThe one who has the bride is the bridegroom. ^apThe friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, ^aqrejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 ^arHe must increase, but I must decrease.” ^{▼▼Some interpreters hold that the quotation continues through verse 36}

31 ^atHe who comes from above ^auis above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and ^avspeaks in an earthly way. ^awHe who comes from heaven ^axis above all. 32 ^ayHe bears witness to what he has seen and heard, ^azyet no one receives his testimony. 33 Whoever receives his testimony ^basets his seal to this, ^bbthat God is true. 34 For he whom ^bcGod has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit ^bdwithout measure. 35 ^beThe Father loves the Son and ^bfhas given all things into his hand. 36 ^bgWhoever believes in the Son has eternal life; ^bhwhoever does not obey the Son shall not ^bisee life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

John 5:33-35

33 ^bjYou sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that ^bkthe testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and ^blshining lamp, and ^bmyou were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.