He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."

"And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

as the book of the sermons of the prophet Isaiah says, "Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, Get the Lord's way ready! Make his paths straight.

And soldiers would ask him, "And what ought we to do?" He said to them, "Do not extort money or make false charges against people, but be satisfied with your pay."

Then he warned him to tell nobody, "But go," he said, "show yourself to the priest, and in proof of your cure make the offerings for your purification, just as Moses prescribed."

Jesus said to them, "Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

and sent messengers before him. They started out and went into a Samaritan village, to make preparations for him.

Then an expert in the Law got up to test him and said, "Master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

But Martha was worried with all she had to do for them, and she came up and said, "Master, does it make no difference to you that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me."

If, therefore, your whole body is light with no darkness in it at all, it will all be as light as a lamp makes things for you by its light."

You fools! Did not the Creator of the outside make the inside too?

Blessed are the slaves whom their master will find on the watch when he comes. I tell you, he will gird up his robe and make them take their places at table, and go around and wait on them.

And they could make no reply to this.

and your host will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will proceed in confusion to take the poorest place.

And the master said to the slave, 'Go out on the roads, and among the hedges, and make them come so that my house may be full.

And if he cannot, while the other is still far away, he sends envoys to him and asks on what terms he will make peace.

But his father said to his slaves, 'Make haste and get out the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;

So he called him in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Make an accounting for your conduct of my affairs, for you cannot be manager any longer!'

So I tell you, make friends for yourselves with your ill-gotten wealth, so that when it fails, they may take you into the eternal dwellings.

No servant can belong to two masters, for he will either hate one and love the other, or he will stand by one and make light of the other. You cannot serve God and money!"

I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet!" '

"Beware of the scribes who like to go about in long robes, and love to be saluted with respect in public places, and to have the front seats in the synagogues and the best places at banquets??47 men who eat up widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers! They will get all the heavier sentence!"

So make up your minds not to prepare your defense,

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying to them, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."

And he will show you a large room upstairs with the necessary furniture. Make your preparations there."