Mark 1:2 “As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messen…”

Mark 1:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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:

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

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,' —

Bible in Basic English

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

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Cross references

“written”

Psalm 40:7 Matthew 26:31 Luke 1:70 Matthew 2:5 Matthew 26:24 Luke 18:31

Psalm 40:7 · BSB

Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:

Matthew 26:31 · BSB

Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

Luke 1:70 · BSB

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Matthew 2:5 · BSB

“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

Matthew 26:24 · BSB

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

Luke 18:31 · BSB

Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

“Behold”

Malachi 3:1 Matthew 11:10 Luke 1:76 Luke 1:15–17 Luke 7:27 Luke 7:28

Malachi 3:1 · BSB

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of…

Matthew 11:10 · BSB

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

Luke 1:76 · BSB

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Luke 1:15–17 · BSB

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

Luke 7:27 · BSB

This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

Luke 7:28 · BSB

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Also

Matthew 3:1–11 Luke 3:2–16

Matthew 3:1–11 · BSB

In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Luke 3:2–16 · BSB

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

3“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

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