He shall go before him in the spirit and with the power of Elijah, 'to reconcile fathers to their children' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

And thou, Child, shalt be called Prophet of the Most High, For thou shalt go before the Lord to make ready his way,

This was in fulfillment of what is said in the writings of the Prophet Isaiah--'The voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness: "Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.

And he continued to make his proclamation in the Synagogues of Judea.

On one occasion Jesus was staying in a town, when he saw a man who was covered with leprosy. When the leper saw Jesus, he threw himself on his face and implored his help: "Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And then Jesus impressed upon him that he was not to say a word to any one, "but," he added, "set out and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing, in the manner directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure."

But Jesus answered them: "Can you make the bridegroom's friends fast while the bridegroom is with them?

And placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.

The day was drawing to a close, when the twelve came up to him, and said: "Send the crowd away, so that they may make their way to the villages and farms round about, and find themselves lodgings and provisions, for we are in a lonely spot here."

And, as Moses and Elijah were passing away from Jesus, Peter exclaimed: "Sir, it is good to be here; let us make three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." He did not know what he was saying;

On their way, they went into a Samaritan village to make preparations for him,

But Martha was distracted by the many preparations that she was making. So she went up to Jesus and said: "Master, do you approve of my sister's leaving me to make preparations alone? Tell her to help me."

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first."

Fools! did not the maker of the outside make the inside too?

Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

Make yourselves ready, with your lamps alight;

Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.

And they could not make any answer to that.

And he who invited you both will come and say to you 'Make room for this man,' and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.

'Go out,' the master said, 'into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;

I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants."'

'Father,' the son said, 'I sinned against Heaven and against you; I am no longer fit to be called your son; make me one of your hired servants.'

And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;

We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.'"

'Four hundred and forty gallons of oil,' answered the man. 'Here is your agreement,' he said; 'sit down at once and make it two hundred and twenty.'

And you, the steward said to the next, 'how much do you owe?' 'Seventy quarters of wheat,' he replied. 'Here is your agreement,' the steward said; 'make it fifty-six.'

Instead of saying 'Prepare my dinner, and then make yourself ready and wait on me while I am eating and drinking, and after that you shall eat and drink yourself'?

"Would that you had known, while yet there was time--even you--the things that make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your sight.

These are the men who rob widows of their houses, and make a pretense of saying long prayers. Their sentence will be all the heavier."

Make up your minds, therefore, not to prepare your defense;

Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: "Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover."

"Where do you wish us to make preparations?" they asked.

The man will show you a large upstairs room, set out; there make preparations."