Luke 1:16-17

Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

¹⁶ And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, ¹⁷ and _j he will go before him _k in the spirit and power of Elijah, _l to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and _m the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, _n to make ready for the Lord a people prepared."

1. Cross References
   Luke 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.
   John 3:28
   You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 11:14
   And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
   
3. Cross References
   Malachi 4:6
   And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.
   
4. Cross References
   Romans 10:21
   But of Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 7:27
   This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
   Malachi 3:1
   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 11:10
   This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
   Mark 1:2
   As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.