^{11 Ref} And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?

^{12 Ref} And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?

^{13 Ref} But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.