And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of Lord, to prepare his ways,

to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.

And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of Lord. Make his paths straight.

Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets.

Woe when men will speak well of you, for their fathers did in the same way to the FALSE prophets.

This is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved.

And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staffs, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor have two coats each.

And it came to pass while they went on the way, a certain man said to him, I will follow thee wherever thou may go, Lord.

Carry no bag, no pouch, no shoes, and greet no man on the way.

For when thou go with thine opponent to the magistrate on the way give effort to be delivered from him, lest he may drag thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer would cast thee into prison.

And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth,

But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.

And some of those with us went to the sepulcher, and found it this way, just as also the women said, but they did not see him.

And they said to each other, Was not our heart burning within us while he spoke to us on the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?