And you, little child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

to illuminate those sitting in darkness and the shade of death, to direct our feet in the way of peace.

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet; A voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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

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

A sower went out to sow his seed; and in his sowing, some fell by the way, and was trodden down, and the birds of heaven devoured it;

those by the way are those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved;

And he said to them, Take for the way neither a staff nor a provision sack, nor bread, nor silver, and have not two coats apiece.

And as they were traveling on the way, one said to him, I will follow you wherever you go.

Carry neither a purse, nor provision sack, nor sandals; and salute no one by the way.

And, providentially, a certain priest went down that way, and seeing him passed by on the other side.

For when you go with your adversary to a ruler, on the way labor to be released from him, lest he take you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison;

And he went through the cities and villages teaching, and making his way towards Jerusalem.

And the Lord said to the servant, Go out into the ways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled;

And if not, while he is yet a great way off, sending an embassy he desires conditions of peace.

And when they came nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way, begging.

And as he proceeded they spread their clothes in the way.

And they asked him saying, Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and respect no person, but teach the way of God in truth.

And they said one to the other, Did not our hearts burn within us when he spoke to us on the way? when he opened to us the Scriptures?

And they related the things on the way, and how he was known to them by the breaking of bread.