Cross references

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called

a prophet of the Most High;

for you will go on before the Lord

to prepare the way for Him,

Luke 1:76 BSB

Luke 1:76 has 22 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Malachi 3:1 (20 votes) and Isaiah 40:3–5 (10 votes). 33 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 3 to Galatians 3.

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Which verses does Luke 1:76 point to?

The 20 strongest of 22, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Malachi 3:120 votes

    “Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

  2. A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain. …

  3. As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.” “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

  4. This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

  5. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

  6. Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

  7. John 1:235 votes

    John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”

  8. Acts 16:174 votes

    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

  9. Mark 11:323 votes

    But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

  10. Luke 1:323 votes

    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

  11. Luke 1:353 votes

    The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

  12. John 3:283 votes

    You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

  13. Psalm 87:52 votes
  14. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

  15. Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God. And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

  16. Luke 6:352 votes

Which verses point to Luke 1:76?

The 10 strongest of 33.