"The LORDyour Godwill raiseup for you a prophetlikeme from amongyou, from your countrymen,you shall listento him.
Ephraimhas provokedto bitteranger;So his Lordwill leavehis bloodguilton him And bringbackhis reproachto him.
He said,"HearnowMy words:Ifthere is a prophetamong you, I, the LORD,shall makeMyself knownto him in a vision.I shall speakwith him in a dream.
With him I speakmouthto mouth,Even openly,and not in darksayings,And he beholdsthe formof the LORD.Whythen were you not afraidTo speakagainst My servant,against Moses?"
While he was stillspeaking,a brightcloudovershadowedthem, and behold,a voiceout of the cloudsaid,"Thisis My belovedSon,with whomI am well-pleased;listento Him!"
And the crowdswere saying,"Thisis the prophetJesus,from Nazarethin Galilee."
"The one who listensto you listensto Me, and the one who rejectsyou rejectsMe; and he who rejectsMe rejectsthe One who sentMe."
And there was a manin Jerusalemwhosenamewas Simeon;and thismanwas righteousand devout,lookingfor the consolationof Israel;and the HolySpiritwas upon him.
A LIGHTOF REVELATIONTO THE GENTILES,And the gloryof Your peopleIsrael."
And He saidto them, "What things?"And they saidto Him, "The things aboutJesusthe Nazarene,whowas a prophetmightyin deedand wordin the sightof Godand allthe people,
Feargrippedthem all,and they [began] glorifyingGod,saying,"A greatprophethas arisenamongus!" and, "Godhas visitedHis people!"
Thena voicecameout of the cloud,saying,"Thisis My Son,[My] ChosenOne; listento Him!"
They askedhim, "Whatthen?Are you Elijah?"And he said,"I amnot." "Are you the Prophet?"And he answered,"No."
They askedhim, and saidto him, "Whythenare you baptizing,ifyou are not the Christ,norElijah,northe Prophet?"
PhilipfoundNathanaeland saidto him, "We have foundHim of whomMosesin the Lawand [also] the Prophetswrote--Jesusof Nazareth,the sonof Joseph."
The womansaidto Him, "Sir,I perceivethat You are a prophet.
Jesusansweredand saidto them, "Thisis the workof God,that you believein Him whomHe has sent."
Sothey saidto the blind managain,"Whatdo you sayaboutHim, sinceHe openedyour eyes?"And he said,"He is a prophet."
"Thisis the Moseswho saidto the sonsof Israel,GODWILL RAISEUP FOR YOU A PROPHETLIKEME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.'
Sincethat timenoprophethas risenin Israellike Moses,whomthe LORDknewfaceto face,
[while] I was standingbetweenthe LORDand you at that time,to declareto you the wordof the LORD;for you were afraidbecauseof the fireand did not goup the mountain.He said,
For there is oneGod,[and] onemediatoralsobetween Godand men,[the] manChristJesus,
Thisis His commandment,that we believein the nameof His SonJesusChrist,and loveone another,justas He commandedus.
