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Zacharias’ Prophecy
Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
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As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets, Who have been since the world began,
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“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
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Anna Bears Witness to the Redeemer
Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight.
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And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
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And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”
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Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets.
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Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.
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Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.”
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
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Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”
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and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
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So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
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for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it.”
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Seeking a Sign
And while the crowds were thickly gathered together, He began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
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Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
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Therefore the wisdom of God also said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’
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that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
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There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.
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Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
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Jesus Laments over Jerusalem
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing!
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The Law, the Prophets, and the Kingdom
Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, also heard all these things, and they derided Him.