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;
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 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
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:
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.
See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.
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;
But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.
And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.
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,
Now all this took place so that the word of the Lord by 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.
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.
Now this took place so that these words of the prophet might come true,
And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a 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,
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 they said to him, In Beth-lehem of Judaea; for so it is said in the writings of the prophet,
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;
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.
If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
Then it became clear to me that God had not sent him: he had given this word of a prophet against me himself: and Tobiah and Sanballat had given him money to do so.
Keep in mind, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat and what they did, and Noadiah, the woman prophet, and the rest of the prophets whose purpose was to put fear into me.
But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle.
And he said, Now give ear to my words: if there is a prophet among you I will give him knowledge of myself in a vision and will let my words come to him in a dream.
So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.
<To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.> Have pity on me, O God, in your mercy; out of a full heart, take away my sin.
We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.
A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, like frogs.
And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.
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