And thou, child, shalt be a 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 shadow of death, to direct our feet into the way of peace.

As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying aloud 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 smooth: And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

And not finding by what way they might bring him in thro' the multitude, they went upon the house, and let him down thro' the tiling with his couch into the midst, before Jesus.

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

and while he sowed, some fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the birds 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 as they went in the way, one said to him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Carry not purse or scrip or shoes, and salute no man by the way.

And it came to pass that a certain priest came down that way, and seeing him, passed by on the other side.

When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, give diligence in the way to be delivered from him: lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

If not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an embassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

And he arose and came to his father: But while he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and his bowels yearned, and he ran, and fell on his neck and kissed him.

And while he was yet nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging.

And running before, he climbed into a sycamore tree, to see him, for he was to pass by that way.

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

And they asked him, saying, Master, we know, that thou speakest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou persons, but teachest the way of God in truth:

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he was talking to us in the way, and opening the scriptures to us?

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