Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.