World English Bible
"This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'"
— Luke 7:27, World English Bible
“This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”
“This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. ”
“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.’”
“This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.”
“This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.”
“This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.”
When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.