And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways,

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight;

And the volume of Isaiah the prophet was given to him: and when he had unrolled the volume, he found the place where it was written:

And he said: Verily I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

And many lepers were in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet; and no one of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

And fear seized on all; and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and, God has visited his people.

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

For I say to you, Among those born of women, there is no prophet greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

But when the Pharisee who had invited him, saw it, he said within himself: This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who, and what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.

and by some, that Elijah had appeared; and by others, that a prophet of ancient times had risen again.

They answered and said: John the Immerser; but some, Elijah; and others, that some prophet of ancient times has risen again.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?

And when the multitudes were crowded together, he began to say: This is an evil generation; it asks for a sign, and no sign shall be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

But I must continue my journey to-day and to-morrow and the day following; for it is not possible that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they believe that John was a prophet.

And he said to them: What things? They said to him: The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and in word before God and all the people;