Luke 1:17

The Prediction Of John The Baptist's Birth

¹⁶ and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. ¹⁸ And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife advanced 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 will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.

Luke 1:76

And you, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

John 3:28

You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him.

Matthew 17:11-12

And he answered and said, Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things.

Mark 9:11-13

And they asked him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah must first come?

John 1:21-30

And they asked him, What then? are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And he answered, No.

Matthew 3:4

And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 3:7-12

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come for the baptism, he said to them; Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 14:4

For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

Matthew 21:29-32

But he answered and said, I will not; but afterwards he repented, and went.

Luke 1:16

and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:7-14

Then John said to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, Offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John 1:13

who are born not of superior blood, nor of a will of the flesh, nor of a will of man, but of God.

John 1:34

And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

Acts 10:33

Immediately therefore I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now therefore we are all present before God to hear all things which God has commanded you.

Romans 9:23

and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he before prepared for glory,

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Know you not that the unjust shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor the effeminate, nor sodomites,

Colossians 1:12

giving thanks to the Father who has made us fit for a portion in the inheritance of the saints in light,

2 Timothy 2:21

if therefore any one purifies himself from these [errors], he shall be a vessel for honor, sanctified, of good use to the master, prepared for every good work.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people, that you should declare the virtues of him who called you out of darkness into his glorious light;

2 Peter 3:11-14

All these things therefore being dissolved, what persons ought we to be in holy conduct and piety,

1 John 2:28

And now, little children, continue in him, that when he shall appear we may have boldness, and not be put to shame by him at his coming.

Revelation 20:4

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years;