And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest, for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shades of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the house-top, and let him down through the tiling with his couch, into the midst before Jesus.

This is he, concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Those by the way side, are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

And it came to pass, that as they were going in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Carry neither purse, nor sack, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.

And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

When thou goest with thy adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he draw thee before the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassy, and desireth conditions of peace.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And it came to pass, that as he had come nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging;

And he ran before, and climbed up upon a sycamore-tree to see him; for he was to pass that way.

And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known to them in breaking of bread.