³ This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁴ And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

¹⁰ The disciples asked him, ‘Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?’

¹¹ Jesus replied, ‘To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. ¹² But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognise him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.’ ¹³ Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, ‘This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.”’) ¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.