Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by the prophet might come true,

And they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.

Then the word of Jeremiah the prophet came true,

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true,

So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

He who gives honour to a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will be given a prophet's reward; and he who gives honour to an upright man, in the name of an upright man, will be given an upright man's reward.

But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

But he, answering, said to them, An evil and false generation is looking for a sign; and no sign will be given to it but the sign of the prophet Jonah:

That it might come true which was said by the prophet, Opening my mouth, I will give out stories; I will give knowledge of things kept secret from before all time.

And they were bitter against him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour but in his country and among his family.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;

For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,

And the people said, This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

When, then, you see in the holy place the unclean thing which makes destruction, of which word was given by Daniel the prophet (let this be clear to the reader),

And put out the servant who is of no profit into the outer dark: there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.

Be a prophet, O Christ, and say who gave you a blow!

Then came true that which was said by Jeremiah the prophet, And they took the thirty bits of silver, the price of him who was valued by the children of Israel;

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.

But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,

What profit has a man if he gets all the world with the loss of his life?

But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

And there was one, Anna, a woman prophet, the daughter of Phanuel, of the family of Asher (she was very old, and after seven years of married life

As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him and, opening the book, he came on the place where it is said,

And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.

And there were a number of lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and not one of them was made clean, but only Naaman the Syrian.

And fear came on all, and they gave praise to God, saying, A great prophet is among us: and, God has given thought to his people.

But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

Now when the Pharisee in whose house he was saw it, he said to himself, This man, if he was a prophet, would be conscious what sort of woman this is who has put her hands on him, that she is a sinner.

For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?

But I have to go on my way today and tomorrow and the third day, for it is not right for a prophet to come to his death outside Jerusalem.

In the same way, when you have done all the things which are given you to do, say, There is no profit in us, for we have only done what we were ordered to do.

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

And, covering his eyes, they said to him, Are you prophet enough to say who gave you that blow?

And he said to them, What things? And they said, The things to do with Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, great in his acts and his words, before God and all the people:

And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.

He did not say this of himself, but being the high priest that year he said, as a prophet, that Jesus would be put to death for the nation;

So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

But this is the thing which was said by the prophet Joel;

But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you.

And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people.

This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.

But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,

He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.

And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

And the Ethiopian said to Philip, About whom are these words said by the prophet? about himself, or some other?

And when they had gone through all the island to Paphos, they came across a certain wonder-worker and false prophet, a Jew whose name was Bar-Jesus;

And after these things he gave them judges, till the time of Samuel the prophet.

And when we were going to the place of prayer, we came across a girl with a spirit which gave knowledge of the future, whose masters made great profit from her power.

But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they took Paul and Silas, pulling them into the market-place before the rulers;

For there was a certain man named Demetrius, a silver-worker, who made silver boxes for the images of Diana, and gave no small profit to the workmen;

And how I kept back nothing which might be of profit to you, teaching you publicly and privately,

And while we were waiting there for some days, a certain prophet, named Agabus, came down from Judaea.

And they went away, for there was a division among them after Paul had said this one thing: Well did the Holy Spirit say by the prophet Isaiah to your fathers,

How then is the Jew better off? or what profit is there in circumcision?

They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one:

And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

Now I say this for your profit; not to make things hard for you, but because of what is right, and so that you may be able to give all your attention to the things of the Lord.

Even as I give way to all men in all things, not looking for profit for myself, but for the good of others, that they may get salvation.

Every man who takes part in prayer, or gives teaching as a prophet, with his head covered, puts shame on his head.

And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true:

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

He who makes use of tongues may do good to himself; but he who gives the prophet's word does good to the church.

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

If any man seems to himself to be a prophet or to have the Spirit, let him take note of the things which I am writing to you, as being the word of the Lord.

If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.

Let your hearts be open to us: we have done no man wrong, no man has been damaged by us, we have made no profit out of any man,

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.