⁵ See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^(A)

¹⁷ With the spirit and power of Elijah he will go before him, to turn the hearts of parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”^(A)

¹⁰ And the disciples asked him, “Why, then, do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”^{(A) 11} He replied, “Elijah is indeed coming and will restore all things,^{(B) 12} but I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but they did to him whatever they pleased. So also the Son of Man is about to suffer at their hands.”^{(C) 13} Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

¹¹ Then they asked him, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” ¹² He said to them, “Elijah is indeed coming first to restore all things. How then is it written about the Son of Man, that he is to go through many sufferings and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written about him.”

¹³ For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John came, ¹⁴ and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.^(A)

The Coming Messenger

3 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.^(A)

²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”^(A)

³¹ The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^(A)

¹⁷ for the great day of their^[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”^(A)