Mark 1:2

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KJV King James Version

As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

WEB World English Bible

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

ASV American Standard Version

Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

As it hath been written in the prophets, ‘Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,’—

Surrounding context — Mark 1

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

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Malachi 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.Luke 1:76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;Matthew 11:10For this is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.Matthew 3:1-11In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,Luke 1:15-17For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.Luke 7:27-28This is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.Luke 1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:Psalm 40:7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,Matthew 26:31Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.Luke 3:2-16Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.Luke 18:31Then he took [unto him] the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.Matthew 2:5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,Matthew 26:24The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

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