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Matthew 11:11 ESV / 187 helpful votes Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.Isaiah 40:3 ESV / 138 helpful votes A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.Malachi 3:1 ESV / 116 helpful votes “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.Matthew 3:1 ESV / 106 helpful votes In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,Matthew 3:1-17 ESV / 103 helpful votes In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’” Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, …John 10:41 ESV / 95 helpful votes And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”Matthew 3:3 ESV / 94 helpful votes For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”Luke 1:13-17 ESV / 89 helpful votes But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”John 1:21 ESV / 87 helpful votes And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”Malachi 4:5 ESV / 85 helpful votes “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.Mark 1:4 ESV / 78 helpful votes John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.Matthew 3:4 ESV / 77 helpful votes Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.John 1:19-25 ESV / 73 helpful votes And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” …John 1:25 ESV / 71 helpful votes They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”John 1:23 ESV / 70 helpful votes He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”John 3:30 ESV / 68 helpful votes He must increase, but I must decrease.”Luke 7:28 ESV / 68 helpful votes I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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