<p class="poetry">And you, child,<n id="1" /> will be called the prophet<n id="2" /> of the Most High.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For you will go before<n id="4" /> the Lord to prepare his ways,<n id="5" />p>

And he added,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I tell you the truth,<n id="2" /> no prophet is acceptable<n id="3" /> in his hometown.

while others were saying that Elijah<n id="1" /> had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen.<n id="2" />

They<n id="1" /> answered,<n id="2" /> &#8220;John the Baptist; others say Elijah;<n id="3" /> and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Fear<n id="1" /> seized them all, and they began to glorify<n id="2" /> God, saying, &#8220;A great prophet<n id="3" /> has appeared<n id="4" /> among us!&#8221; and &#8220;God has come to help<n id="5" /> his people!&#8221;

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this,<n id="1" /> he said to himself, &#8220;If this man were a prophet,<n id="2" /> he would know who and what kind of woman<n id="3" /> this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.&#8221;

He<n id="1" /> said to them, &#8220;What things?&#8221; &#8220;The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene,&#8221; they replied, &#8220;a man<n id="2" /> who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet<n id="3" /> before God and all the people;