And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare 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, prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And unrolling the book, He found the place where it was written,

And He said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his native-place.

And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.

And fear came on all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has risen up 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 who are born of woman there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

But seeing this, the Pharisee who had invited Him, spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, for she is a sinner.

But the crowds pressing on Him, He began to say, This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

Yet I must walk today and tomorrow and the day following. For it cannot be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.

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

And He said to them, What things? And they said to Him, The things concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a man, a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,