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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Mark 1:2 Catholic Bible: It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: "God said, 'I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.' </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/mark/1-2.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/mark/1-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/mark/1-2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/mark/1.htm">Mark</a> > <a href="/gntd/mark/1.htm">Chapter 1</a> > Verse 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../mark/1-1.htm" title="Mark 1:1">◄</a> Mark 1:2 <a href="../mark/1-3.htm" title="Mark 1:3">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/mark/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/mark/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: "God said, 'I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.' <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/mark/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/mark/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />It began just as God had said in the book written by Isaiah the prophet, "I am sending my messenger to get the way ready for you. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/mark/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/mark/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.</p><p class="hdg">written.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/40-7.htm">Psalm 40:7</a> Then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/2-5.htm">Matthew 2:5</a> But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by the prophet:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24,31</a> The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. But woe to that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for him, if that man had not been born. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/1-70.htm">Luke 1:70</a> As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the beginning.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/18-31.htm">Luke 18:31</a> Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.</p><p class="hdg">in.</p><p class="hdg">Behold.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../malachi/3-1.htm">Malachi 3:1</a> Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/11-10.htm">Matthew 11:10</a> For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before my face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/1-15.htm">Luke 1:15-17,76</a> For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/7-27.htm">Luke 7:27,28</a> This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/mark/1.htm">The Mission of John the Baptist</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl">As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.</span> <span class="reftext">3</span>A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../malachi/3-1.htm">Malachi 3:1</a></span><br />Behold I send my angel, and he shall prepare the way before my face. And presently the Lord, whom you seek, and the angel of the testament, whom you desire, shall come to his temple. Behold, he cometh, saith the Lord of hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/3-1.htm">Matthew 3:1</a></span><br />And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/11-10.htm">Matthew 11:10</a></span><br />For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before my face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/1-76.htm">Luke 1:76</a></span><br />And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt, go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/3-2.htm">Luke 3:2</a></span><br />Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../luke/7-27.htm">Luke 7:27</a></span><br />This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/matthew/28-7.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/matthew/1-1.htm">Book</a> <a href="/matthew/26-67.htm">Face</a> <a href="/matthew/15-7.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/matthew/28-5.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/matthew/27-35.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/matthew/26-56.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/matthew/27-62.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/matthew/26-69.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/matthew/28-11.htm">Way</a> <a href="/matthew/27-37.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/mark/6-33.htm">Ahead</a> <a href="/mark/12-26.htm">Book</a> <a href="/mark/5-33.htm">Face</a> <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Isaiah</a> <a href="/luke/1-11.htm">Messenger</a> <a href="/mark/1-3.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/mark/6-4.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/mark/6-15.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/mark/1-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/mark/6-45.htm">Sending</a> <a href="/mark/9-35.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/mark/1-3.htm">Way</a> <a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Written</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/mark/1-2.htm">Mark 1:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: ahead As Behold I in is Isaiah It messenger my of prepare prophet send the way who will written you your<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/mark/1-2.htm">NT Gospels: Mark 1:2 As it is written in the prophets (Mar Mk Mr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools</a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="/catholic/">Catholic Bible</a><br /><br /><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../mark/1-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Mark 1:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Mark 1:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../mark/1-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Mark 1:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Mark 1:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#f7f7f7"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="8261988112"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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