Mark 1:2
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
In context
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”
4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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- KJV King James Version
— Mark 1:2 in the KJV
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee.
- NIV New International Version
— Mark 1:2 in the NIV
as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—