Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

“In Bethlehem of Judea,” they told him, “because this is what was written by the prophet:

He stayed there until Herod’s death, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled: Out of Egypt I called My Son.

Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

He Himself took our weaknesses
and carried our diseases.

Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he’s righteous will receive a righteous person’s reward.

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

so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

But He answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

I will open My mouth in parables;
I will declare things kept secret
from the foundation of the world.

And they were offended by Him.

But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”

Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.

This took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:

And the crowds kept saying, “This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee!”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we’re afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought John was a prophet.”

Although they were looking for a way to arrest Him, they feared the crowds, because they regarded Him as a prophet.

“So when you see the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place” (let the reader understand),

Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

They took the 30 pieces of silver, the price of Him whose price was set by the Israelites,

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You,
who will prepare Your way.

Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his household.”

But others said, “He’s Elijah.” Still others said, “He’s a prophet—like one of the prophets.”

But if we say, ‘From men’”—they were afraid of the crowd, because everyone thought that John was a genuine prophet.

And child, you will be called
a prophet of the Most High,
for you will go before the Lord
to prepare His ways,

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:

A voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
Prepare the way for the Lord;
make His paths straight!

The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to Him, and unrolling the scroll, He found the place where it was written:

He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown.

And in the prophet Elisha’s time, there were many in Israel who had serious skin diseases, yet not one of them was healed —only Naaman the Syrian.”

Then fear came over everyone, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited His people.”

What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Yet I must travel today, tomorrow, and the next day, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem!

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

“What things?” He asked them.

So they said to Him, “The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene, who was a Prophet powerful in action and speech before God and all the people,

“What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”

“I am not,” he said.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No,” he answered.

He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord—just as Isaiah the prophet said.”

So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”

“Sir,” the woman replied, “I see that You are a prophet.

Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

When the people saw the sign He had done, they said, “This really is the Prophet who was to come into the world!”

When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”

“You aren’t from Galilee too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”

“He’s a prophet,” he said.

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm of the Lord
been revealed to?

On the contrary, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants on his throne.

Moses said:

The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.

And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.

“This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.

However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:

and was sitting in his chariot on his way home, reading the prophet Isaiah aloud.

When Philip ran up to it, he heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you’re reading?”

The eunuch replied to Philip, “I ask you, who is the prophet saying this about—himself or another person?”

When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came across a sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.

This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

When her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.

While we were staying there many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Disagreeing among themselves, they began to leave after Paul made one statement: “The Holy Spirit correctly spoke through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors

just as I also try to please all people in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, so that they may be saved.

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But if something has been revealed to another person sitting there, the first prophet should be silent.

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognize that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

For we are not like the many who market God’s message for profit. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

but received a rebuke for his transgression: A donkey that could not talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s irrationality.

Woe to them! For they have traveled in the way of Cain, have abandoned themselves to the error of Balaam for profit, and have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

Then I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming from the dragon’s mouth, from the beast’s mouth, and from the mouth of the false prophet.

But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.