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(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
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And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
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There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,
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As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
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and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
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“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
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And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
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“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
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Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
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They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.”
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
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When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
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others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.
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They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.”
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For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
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“Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
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So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
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Because of this, God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.’
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Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,
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“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
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In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!
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“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.
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Additional Teachings
“The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
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“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’
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“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
