What then did you go out to see? A prophet?[3] 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.
What then did you go out to see? A man[2] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
But if we say, 'From man,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."