even as it is written in the prophet Isaiah, Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face to prepare your way.

So they disapproved of him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native land and among his relatives and in his home."

"He is Elijah," said others. And still others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?

On the other hand, if we say, 'From men'!" They were afraid, however, of the people, for every one held that John had been really a prophet.