1  Behold, I will send my ^bmessenger, 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.

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

  27  And I looked and beheld the Redeemer of the world, of whom my father had spoken; and I also beheld the ^bprophet who should prepare the way before him. And the Lamb of God went forth and was baptized of him; and after he was baptized, I beheld the heavens open, and the Holy Ghost come down out of heaven and abide upon him in the form of a dove.

  4  Thou art blessed, for thou shalt do great things. Behold thou wast sent forth, even as ^aJohn, to prepare the way before me, and before Elijah which should come, and thou knewest it not.

  9  And even so I have sent mine everlasting covenant into the world, to be a light to the world, and to be a standard for my people, and for the Gentiles to seek to it, and to be a ^fmessenger before my face to prepare the way before me.

  3  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, ^bPrepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.