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Matthew 11:10
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KJ21
For this is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way before Thee.’
ASV
This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
AMP
This is the one of whom it is written [by the prophet Malachi], ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
AMPC
This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who shall make ready Your way before You.
BRG
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
CSB
This is the one about whom it is written: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.
CSBA
This is the one about whom it is written: See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.
CEB
He is the one of whom it is written: Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you .
CJB
This is the one about whom the Tanakh says, ‘See, I am sending out my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.’
CEV
In the Scriptures God says about him, “I am sending my messenger ahead to get things ready for you.”
DARBY
this is he of whom it is written, Behold, *I* send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
DLNT
This one is about whom it has been written [in Mal 3:1]: ‘Behold— I am sending-forth My messenger ahead of Your presence, who will make Your way ready in front of You’.
DRA
For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
ERV
This Scripture was written about him: ‘Listen! I will send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.’
EASY
This is what someone wrote about him a long time ago in the Bible. God said: “Listen! I will send someone to go in front of you. He will speak my message. He will prepare a way for you.” ’
EHV
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
ESV
This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
ESVUK
This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
EXB
This was written about him: ‘[L Look; T Behold] I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare ·the [your] way ·for [before; in front of] you [Mal. 3:1].’
GNV
For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee.
GW
John is the one about whom Scripture says, ‘I’m sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way in front of you.’
GNT
For John is the one of whom the scripture says: ‘God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’
HCSB
This is the one it is written about: Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You; he will prepare Your way before You.
ICB
This was written about John in the Scriptures: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.’ Malachi 3:1
ISV
This is the man about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
PHILLIPS
As John’s disciples were going away Jesus began talking to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the desert to look at? A reed waving in the breeze? No? Then what was it you went out to see?—a man dressed in fine clothes? But the men who wear fine clothes live in the courts of kings! But what did you really go to see—a prophet? Yes, I tell you, a prophet and far more than a prophet! This is the man of whom the scripture says—‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you’.
JUB
For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
KJV
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
AKJV
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
LSB
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
LEB
It is this man about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
TLB
For John is the man mentioned in the Scriptures—a messenger to precede me, to announce my coming, and prepare people to receive me.
MSG
When John’s disciples left to report, Jesus started talking to the crowd about John. “What did you expect when you went out to see him in the wild? A weekend camper? Hardly. What then? A sheik in silk pajamas? Not in the wilderness, not by a long shot. What then? A prophet? That’s right, a prophet! Probably the best prophet you’ll ever hear. He is the prophet that Malachi announced when he wrote, ‘I’m sending my prophet ahead of you, to make the road smooth for you.’
MEV
For this is he of whom it is written: ‘Look, I am sending My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.’
MOUNCE
This is the one about whom it stands written, ‘Behold, I send · my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare · your way before you.’
NOG
John is the one about whom Scripture says, ‘I’m sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way in front of you.’
NABRE
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way before you.’
NASB
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
NASB1995
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
NCB
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
NCV
This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.’ Malachi 3:1
NET
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
NIRV
He is the one written about in Scripture. It says, “ ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare your way for you.’ (Malachi 3:1)
NIV
This is the one about whom it is written: “‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
NIVUK
This is the one about whom it is written: ‘“I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
NKJV
For this is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.’
NLV
This is the man the Holy Writings spoke of when they said, ‘See! I will send My helper to carry news ahead of You. He will make Your way ready for You!’
NLT
John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
NMB
For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.
NRSVA
This is the one about whom it is written, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
NRSVACE
This is the one about whom it is written, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.”
NRSVCE
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
NRSVUE
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’
NTFE
This is the one the Bible was talking about when it says, See, I’m sending my messenger ahead of you and he will clear your path before you.
OJB
This is he about whom it has been written, HINNENI SHOLEIACH MALACHI (Behold, I will send my messenger) before your face, UPINNAH DERECH LEFANAI (and he will prepare the way before me, [SHEMOT 23:20; MALACHI 3:1]).
RGT
“For this is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.’
RSV
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’
RSVCE
This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.’
TLV
This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger before You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
VOICE
When you saw John, you saw the one whom the prophet Malachi envisioned when he said, I will send My messenger ahead of You, and he will prepare the way for You.
WEB
For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
WE
He is the man the holy writings tell about. "See, I send my messenger ahead of you. He will make the way ready for you."
WYC
For this is he, of whom it is written, Lo! I send mine angel before thy face, that shall make ready thy way before thee [which shall make ready thy way before thee].
YLT
for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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