⁵ Look, I am going to send you the prophet Elijah^(A) before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.^{(B) 6} And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers.^(C) Otherwise, I will come and strike the land^[a] with a curse.”

¹⁴ And if you’re willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.^{(A) 15} Let anyone who has ears^[a] listen.^(B)

¹⁰ So the disciples asked him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?” ^(A)

¹⁵ But others said, “He’s Elijah.”^(A) Still others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.”^(B)

¹⁷ And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children,^(A) and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.”^(B)