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Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

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ASV

Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;

KJV

And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

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14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΚαὶKaiAndG2532 →
σὺsuyou yourselfG4771 →
δέ,denow,G1161 →
παιδίον,paidionchild,G3813 →
προφήτηςprophētēsprophetG4396 →
ὑψίστουhupsistouof [the] Most HighG5310 →
κληθήσῃ·klēthēsēwill be called;G2564 →
προπορεύσῃproporeusēyou will goG4313 →
γὰρgarforG1063 →
ἐνώπιονenōpionin front ofG1799 →
κυρίουkuriou[the] LordG2962 →
ἑτοιμάσαιhetoimasaito prepareG2090 →
ὁδοὺςhodouswaysG3598 →
αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G846 →

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Jeremiah 1:5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”Malachi 3:1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.Luke 1:17And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”John 1:6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.Mark 1:2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”Isaiah 40:3–5A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.Malachi 4:6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”Luke 7:27This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’Matthew 3:1In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of JudeaMark 1:2–3As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”Matthew 14:5Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”John 1:23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”Matthew 11:9–10What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.Matthew 11:9What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.Acts 16:17This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”Mark 9:12He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?Luke 7:26What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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