Luke 1:17

The Prediction Of John The Baptist's Birth

¹⁶ And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord. ¹⁸ And Zacharias said to the angel, How may I be certain of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far on in years.

Be Ready

Before God

Coming of the Lord

In the Spirit

Righteous One

To the Lord

Turn the Hearts of the Fathers

Turned to the Lord

Way of Righteousness

Will of God

Elias

Elijah

Luke

Messiah

Matthew 11:14

And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

Malachi 4:5-6

See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

John 3:28

You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

Psalm 78:8

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

Matthew 17:11-12

And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

Mark 9:11-13

And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

John 1:21-30

And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

1 Samuel 7:5

Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

1 Kings 18:18

Then he said in answer, I have not been troubling Israel, but you and your family; because, turning away from the orders of the Lord, you have gone after the Baals.

2 Kings 1:4-6

Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

2 Kings 1:16

And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the deepest thoughts of your people, and let their hearts be fixed and true to you;

2 Chronicles 29:36

And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.

Psalm 10:17

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

Psalm 111:10

The fear of the Lord is the best part of wisdom: all those who keep his laws are wise: his praise is eternal.

Isaiah 29:24

Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.

Amos 4:12

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.

Matthew 3:4

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Matthew 3:7-12

But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

Matthew 14:4

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

Matthew 21:29-32

And he said in answer, I will not: but later, changing his decision, he went.

Luke 1:16

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:7-14

So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come?

John 1:13

Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

John 1:34

This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

Acts 10:33

So, straight away, I sent for you; and you have done well to come. And now, we are all present before God, ready to give attention to all the things which the Lord has given you to say.

Romans 9:23

And to make clear the wealth of his glory to vessels of mercy, which he had before made ready for glory,

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

Colossians 1:12

Giving praise to the Father who has given us a part in the heritage of the saints in light;

2 Timothy 2:21

If a man makes himself clean from these, he will be a vessel for honour, made holy, ready for the master's use, ready for every good work.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

2 Peter 3:11-14

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

1 John 2:28

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

Revelation 20:4

And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.

1 Kings 21:20

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you come face to face with me, O my hater? And he said, I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord.