“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
For you will go on before the Lord to prepare His ways;

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
‘Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.

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

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.”

Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying 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 one who is more than a prophet.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.”

Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

And He said to them, “What things?” And they said to Him, “The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people,