Malachi 3:1
3:1 “I am about to send my messenger,
who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord
you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger
of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming,” says the
Lord who rules over all.
Matthew 11:10
11:10 This is the one about whom it is written:
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’
Luke 1:15-17
1:15 for he will be great in the sight of
the Lord. He
must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
1:16 He
will turn
many of the people
of Israel to the Lord their God.
1:17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord
in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just,
to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
Luke 1:76
1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High.
For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 7:27-28
7:27 This is the one about whom it is written, ‘
Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
7:28 I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater
than John.
Yet the one who is least
in the kingdom of God
is greater than he is.”