John 1:6
A man came, sent from God, {whose name was} John.
Malachi 3:1
"Look! I [am] going to send my messenger, and he will prepare [the] way {before me}. And the Lord whom you [are] seeking will come suddenly to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, [in] whom you [are] taking pleasure--look!--[he is] about to come," says Yahweh of hosts.
John 1:33
And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, '[The one] upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him--this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
John 3:28
You yourselves testify about me that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.'
Isaiah 40:3-5
A voice [is] calling in the wilderness, "Clear the way of Yahweh! Make a highway smooth in the desert for our God!
Malachi 4:5-6
Look! I [am] going to send to you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome day of Yahweh!
Matthew 3:1-11
Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Judean wilderness
Matthew 11:10
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.'
Matthew 21:25
From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.
Luke 1:15-17
For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he must never drink wine or beer, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit [while he is] still in his mother's womb.
Luke 1:61-63
And they said to her, "There is no one of your relatives who is called by this name."
Luke 1:76
And so you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go on before the Lord to prepare his ways,
Luke 3:2-20
in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Acts 13:24
Before {his coming} John had publicly proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.