So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:

So they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophet:

and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.’ ”

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Christ Fulfills the Law

“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.

Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses.”

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

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

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says: ‘Hearing you will hear and shall not understand, And seeing you will see and not perceive;

for assuredly, I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

Prophecy and the Parables

All these things Jesus spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them,

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”

So they were offended at Him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.”

And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: