But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High:\par\tab For thou shalt go {\b before the Lord to make ready his ways};
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft {\i raiment}? Behold, they that wear soft {\i raiment} are in kings' houses.
But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.