¹⁴ And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is ^(A)Elijah who ^[a]was to come.

¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that ^(A)Elijah must come first?” ¹¹ And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things; ¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did ^[a]to him whatever they wished. So also ^(B)the Son of Man is going to suffer ^[b]at their hands.” ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

¹¹ They asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(A)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of ^(B)the Son of Man that ^(C)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[a]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him.”

¹⁷ It is he who will ^(A)go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of ^(B)Elijah, ^(C)to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to ^(D)make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

²¹ They asked him, “What then? Are you ^(A)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^(B)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”