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.

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.

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.

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.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.

So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:

So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all count John as a prophet.”

But when they sought to lay hands on Him, they feared the multitudes, because they took Him for a prophet.

On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’

“Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,

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 chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.

The Great Tribulation

“Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand),

For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

But all this was done that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples forsook Him and fled.

Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the value of Him who was priced, whom they of the children of Israel priced,

Then they crucified Him, and divided His garments, casting lots, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: “They divided My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”