Mark 11:32

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Behold, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your words, but they don’t do them.

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

The multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

None of the rest dared to join them, however the people honored them.

Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways. As a nation that did righteousness, and didn’t forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments. They delight to draw near to God.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

When Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes heard his words, the king sought to put him to death; but when Uriah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

What was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

When they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.

When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:

These in the same way are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

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

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

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

He was teaching daily in the temple, but the chief priests, the scribes, and the leading men among the people sought to destroy him.

Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, “Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?

They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.

Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.

Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”

Yahweh gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?”

Joash did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

A scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.

Woe to Ariel! Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to year; let the feasts come around;

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the multitude was astonished at his teaching.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

Therefore David himself calls him Lord, so how can he be his son?” The common people heard him gladly.

For they said, “Not during the feast, because there might be a riot among the people.”

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

All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”

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

The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.

The chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put him to death, for they feared the people.

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.

Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.