Exodus 23:20-22

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God’s Angel to Prepare the Way

²⁰“See, I am sending an angel^(A) ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.^(B) ²¹Pay attention to him and listen^(C) to what he says. Do not rebel against him; he will not forgive^(D) your rebellion,^(E) since my Name^(F) is in him. ²²If you listen carefully to what he says and do^(G) all that I say, I will be an enemy^(H) to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you.

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Isaiah 40:3

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³A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
the way^(A) for the Lord^[a];
make straight^(B) in the desert
a highway for our God.^[b]^(C)

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Isaiah 40:3 Or A voice of one calling in the wilderness: / “Prepare the way for the Lord
Isaiah 40:3 Hebrew; Septuagint make straight the paths of our God

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Matthew 11:10

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¹⁰This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,^(A)
who will prepare your way before you.’^[a]^(B)

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Matthew 11:10 Mal. 3:1

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Mark 1:2

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²as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way”^[a]^(A)—

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Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1

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Luke 1:17

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¹⁷And he will go on before the Lord,^(A) in the spirit and power of Elijah,^(B) to turn the hearts of the parents to their children^(C) and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”^(D)

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