Mal 3:1, 4:4-5, Mat 3:3, 11-12, Mar 1:2-3, Luk 1:16-17, 76, 3:4-6, Joh 1:23 | ESV | STEP | 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 in whom you delight , behold , he is coming , says the Lord of hosts .

afCited from Mal. 4:6

ag Rom. 10:21

ah ch. 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 11:10; Mark 1:2

ai ch. 7:26; 20:6; Matt. 11:9; 14:5

ajSee ver. 32

ak ver. 17; ch. 3:4; 7:27; Mal. 3:1; Matt. 3:3; Mark 1:2, 3

al ch. 4:17; [Acts 8:28]

am John 1:23; Cited from Isa. 40:3-5

an ch. 1:76

ap[Isa. 57:14]

aq Isa. 49:11; Zech. 4:7

ar Isa. 42:16; 45:2

as Isa. 52:10; [Ps. 98:2, 3]

at ch. 2:30; Acts 28:28; [ch. 1:69, 71, 77; Titus 2:11]

auCited from Isa. 40:3; See Matt. 3:3

Malachi 3:1

1 ^a“Behold, I send ^bmy messenger, and ^che will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^dwhom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^ethe messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

Malachi 4:4-5

4 ^f“Remember ^gthe law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules ^{▼▼Or and just decrees} that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.

5 ⁱ“Behold, I will send you ^jElijah the prophet ^kbefore the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.

Matthew 3:3

3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said,

^l“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^m‘Prepare ^{▼▼Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness} the way of the Lord;
make his paths straight.’”

Matthew 3:11-12

11 ^o“I baptize you with water ^pfor repentance, but ^qhe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^rwith the Holy Spirit and ^sfire. 12 His ^twinnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^ugather his wheat into the barn, ^vbut the chaff he will burn with ^wunquenchable fire.”

Mark 1:2-3

2 ^xAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts in the prophets}

^z“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
3 ^aathe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^ab‘Prepare ^{▼▼Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness} the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

Luke 1:16-17

16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and ^adhe will go before him ^aein the spirit and power of Elijah, ^afto turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and ^agthe disobedient to the wisdom of the just, ^ahto make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

Luke 1:76

76 And you, child, will be called ^aithe prophet of ^ajthe Most High;
for ^akyou will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

Luke 3:4-6

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

^am“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
^an‘Prepare the way of the Lord, ^{▼▼Or crying, Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord}
make his paths straight.
5 ^apEvery valley shall be filled,
^aqand every mountain and hill shall be made low,
^arand the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
6 ^asand all flesh shall see ^atthe salvation of God.’”

John 1:23

23 He said, “I am ^authe voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight ^{▼▼Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight} the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”