What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more<n id="1" /> than a prophet.

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet&#8217;s reward. Whoever<n id="1" /> receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person&#8217;s reward.

Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:p>

so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled:<n id="1" />p>

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.<n id="1" />

This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet:<n id="1" />p>

Although<n id="1" /> Herod<n id="2" /> wanted to kill John,<n id="3" /> he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

This<n id="1" /> took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet:<n id="2" />p>

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds<n id="1" /> regarded him as a prophet.p>

All the law and the prophets depend<n id="1" /> on these two commandments.&#8221;p>

By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled:

&#8220;In Bethlehem of Judea,&#8221; they said, &#8220;for it is written this way by the prophet:p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them.<n id="1" />

They answered, &#8220;Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,<n id="1" /> and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.&#8221;

And the crowds were saying, &#8220;This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth<n id="1" /> in Galilee.&#8221;p>

But if we say, &#8216;From people,&#8217; we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.&#8221;

He came to a town called Nazareth<n id="1" /> and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus<n id="2" /> would be called a Nazarene.<n id="3" />p>

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.p>

In<n id="1" /> everything, treat others as you would want them<n id="2" /> to treat you,<n id="3" /> for this fulfills<n id="4" /> the law and the prophets.p>