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Luke 7:27

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This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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  1. Malachi 3:1Rank 1 from verse 27
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    1BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  2. Luke 1:76Rank 2 from verse 27
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    76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

  3. Mark 1:2Rank 3 from verse 27
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    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  4. John 1:23Rank 4 from verse 27
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    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

  5. Luke 1:15–17Rank 5 from verse 27
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    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

    16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

    17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  6. Malachi 4:5–6Rank 6 from verse 27
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    5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

    6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  7. Matthew 11:10Rank 7 from verse 27
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    10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  8. Isaiah 40:3Rank 8 from verse 27
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    3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

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Luke 7:27

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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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7:24¶ And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

7:25But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

7:26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

7:27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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7:28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

7:29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

7:30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

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