Mark 1:2-3

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

² _b As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, _1
c "Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
³ _d the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
_e 'Prepare ₂ the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,'"

1. Cross References
   Mark 1:2 - 8
   As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
   Matthew 3:1 - 11
   In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
   Luke 3:2 - 16
   During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
   
2. Cross References
   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.
   Luke 1:17
   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.
   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.
   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.
   
3. Cross References
   Mark 1:2 - 8
   As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
   Matthew 3:1 - 12
   In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
   Luke 3:2 - 17
   During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
   
4. Cross References
   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.
   
5. Cross References
   John 1:23
   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.
   Isaiah 40:3
   A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
   
6. 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.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 40:3
   A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.