He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to make ready his ways,

As it is written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you do not expect him."

He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'

He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death."