The Mission of John the Baptist

Mark 1:2

In 9 translations

BSB: As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”BYZ and TR in the prophets:Malachi 3:1
KJV: As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
WEB: As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
ASV: Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;
LSV: As it has been written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, || Who will prepare Your way before You.
YLT: As it hath been written in the prophets, 'Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' —
DBY: as it is written in [Isaiah] the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.
DRC: As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.
GNV: As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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Where the editions differ

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NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read καθὼς (“Even as”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ὡς (“As”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ (“the Isaiah”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τῷ (“in the”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τοῖς (“in the”).
NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read προφήτῃ (“prophet”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read προφήταις (“prophets”).
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἰδοὺ (“Behold”); NA28 do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἐγὼ (“I myself”); NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include ἔμπροσθέν σου (“before of you”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Spelling of Ἠσαΐᾳ: Tyndale House: Ἡσαΐᾳ.

SBLGNT apparatus (4)

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SBLGNT: Καθὼς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Καθὼς; Robinson–Pierpont read Ὡς.
SBLGNT: τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ; Robinson–Pierpont read τοῖς προφήταις.
SBLGNT: Ἰδοὺ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ἰδοὺ; Robinson–Pierpont add ἐγὼ.
SBLGNT: σου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read σου; Robinson–Pierpont add ἔμπροσθέν σου.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT: Καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ Ἠσαΐᾳ τῷ προφήτῃ· Ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου·
RP2018: Ὡς γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
TR-Boyd: Ὡς γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, Ἰδού, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου.
SCR1894: ως γεγραπται εν τοις προφηταις ιδου εγω αποστελλω τον αγγελον μου προ προσωπου σου ος κατασκευασει την οδον σου εμπροσθεν σου

Who and where

◆ John the Baptist Begins Ministry

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Forerunner Messenger Malachi, Prophecies of Text and Manuscripts of the New Testament John, Gospel of Travellers Christ Is God Inspiration Prophecy Quotations and Allusions

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Cross-references most cited first

Malachi 3:1“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…
Luke 1:76And 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,
Matthew 11:10This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
Matthew 3:1–11In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the…
Luke 1:15–17for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb. Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord…
Luke 7:27–28This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’ I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the…
Matthew 26:31Then Jesus said to them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of Me. For it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
Luke 1:70as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
Psalms 40:7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
Luke 3:2–16during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of…
Matthew 2:5“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
Luke 18:31Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).