Quotes About Prophets

For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

And you say, ëIf we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.í

So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus.

For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.

as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

Suddenly two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with Jesus.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ëI will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.í

As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,