Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.
But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us; for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”