As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.”

But others were saying, “He is Elijah.” And others were saying, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?

But shall we say, ‘From men’?”—they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet.