This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
“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.
A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
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.”
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
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.’”
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