And he will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."

And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

He is the [One] who comes after me, who has come to be before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal."

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'

And, behold, I will send to you Elijah the Tishbite, before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes;

who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbor, lest I come and smite the earth grievously.

And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, the [one] who is about to come.

Jesus answered and said to them, " Elijah truly does come first, and shall restore all things.

But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they desired. Thus also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them."

And they asked Him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

But I say to you that indeed Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written concerning him."

And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."

He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."

And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and those who had not worshipped the Beast or his image, and they did not receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with Christ [for] the thousand years.

And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.

And Elijah said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is you and your father's house, in that you forsake the Lord your God, and you have gone after the Baals.

And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he said, I have found [you]; because you have wickedly sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger;

For thus says the Lord: The bed on which you have gone up, you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die. And Elijah went, and said [thus] to them.

And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus says the Lord: [Is it] because there is no God in Israel, [that] you go to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? [It shall] not [be] so: the bed on which you have gone up, you shall not come down from it, for you shall surely die.

And John himself had his clothing [made] from camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

and do not think to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit,

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Then he said to the crowds which came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

And even now the ax is being laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and is thrown into the fire."

He answered and said to them, "He who has two shirts, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."

And he said to them, "Collect nothing more than the [amount] which has been commanded to you."

who shall turn again the heart of the father to the son, and the heart of a man to his neighbor, lest I come and smite the earth grievously.

And they that erred in spirit shall know understanding, and the murmurers shall learn obedience, and the stammering tongues shall learn to speak peace.

"But he answered and said, 'I will not,' but later he regretted it and went.

Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Assuredly I say to you, that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,

And such were some of you! But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you to the Lord.

O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel our fathers, preserve these things in the thoughts of the heart of Your people forever, and direct their hearts toward You.

And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced, because God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: Your ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

That they should not be as their fathers, a perverse and provoking generation; a generation which set not its heart aright, and its spirit was not steadfast with God.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; His praise endures forever and ever.

Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: because I will do thus to you, prepare to call on your God, O Israel.

"Therefore immediately I sent to you, and you have done well to come. Now then we are all present before God, to hear all the things having been commanded you by God."

and so that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the [latter], he will be a vessel for honor, having been consecrated and useful to the Master, having been prepared for every good work.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's [own] possession, that you may proclaim the excellent virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Therefore, [seeing that] all these things shall be dissolved, what sort of [people] ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,

But according to His promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

And now, little children, abide in Him, in order that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed due to Him at His coming.