Bible Cross References
The voice
Isaiah 40:3-5
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A voice cries out, "Prepare in the wilderness a road for the LORD! Clear the way in the desert for our God!
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Fill every valley; level every mountain. The hills will become a plain, and the rough country will be made smooth.
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Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it. The LORD himself has promised this."
Matthew 3:3
John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said, "Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
Mark 1:3
Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
John 1:23
John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: "I am 'the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!' "
Prepare
Luke 1:16
and he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
Luke 1:17
He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him."
Luke 1:76-79
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"You, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High God. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his road for him,
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to tell his people that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.
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Our God is merciful and tender. He will cause the bright dawn of salvation to rise on us
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and to shine from heaven on all those who live in the dark shadow of death, to guide our steps into the path of peace."
Isaiah 57:14
The LORD says, "Let my people return to me. Remove every obstacle from their path! Build the road and make it ready!
Isaiah 62:10
People of Jerusalem, go out of the city And build a road for your returning people! Prepare a highway; clear it of stones! Put up a signal so that the nations can know
Malachi 4:6
He will bring fathers and children together again; otherwise I would have to come and destroy your country."
John 1:7
who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.
John 1:26-36
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John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know.
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He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie his sandals."
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All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
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The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.'
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I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with water in order to make him known to the people of Israel."
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And John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and stay on him.
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I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent me to baptize with water, had said to me, 'You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
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I have seen it," said John, "and I tell you that he is the Son of God."
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The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples,
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when he saw Jesus walking by. "There is the Lamb of God!" he said.
John 3:28-36
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You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'
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The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.
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He must become more important while I become less important."
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He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all.
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He tells what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his message.
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But whoever accepts his message confirms by this that God is truthful.
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The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.
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The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.