For the lips of the priest should keep knowledge, and they should seek the Law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.

Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of Jehovah.

For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Immerser; but he who is least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

As it is written in the Prophets: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

For I say to you, Among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through Him might believe.

The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, Prepare the way of Jehovah, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah has spoken.

In those days John the Immerser came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

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.

And His disciples asked Him, saying, Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?

But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer under them.

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

He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for the remission of sins,

Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways level;

John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, This was He of whom I said, He who arrives after me appeared in history before me, for He existed before me.

For the Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?

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, as the prophet Isaiah said.

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

He must increase, but I must decrease.

when John had first preached, before His coming on the scene, an immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

Then Paul said, John indeed immersed with an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

i1 [A Psalm of David.] i0 par Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I place Your enemies as Your footstool.

Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bring forth a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel.

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Strong and Mighty God, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

And I will shake all the nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. And I will fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of Hosts.

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former, says Jehovah of Hosts. And in this place I will give peace, says Jehovah of Hosts.

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.

(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord),

And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

So he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the Child Jesus, to do for Him according to the custom of the Law,

Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word;

which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,

And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are You the Coming One, or should we expect another?

When the men had come to Him, they said, John the Immerser has sent us to You, saying, Are You the Coming One, or should we expect another?

And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy Him,

And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers sitting.

And He said to those who sold doves, Take these things away from here! Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!

And he blessed Joseph, and said: God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me since I was born to this day,

the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

Behold, I am sending an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared.

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he contended with God.

even Jehovah the God of Hosts. Jehovah is His memorial.

This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living Words to give to us,

And I will shake all the nations; and the desire of all nations shall come. And I will fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of Hosts.