11 Then they asked him, “Why do the scribesbu say that Elijah must come first?”bv

12 “Elijah does come first and restoresbw all things,”bx he replied. “Why then is it writtenby that the Son of Man must sufferbz many things and be treated with contempt?ca 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they did whatever they pleased to him, just as it is writtencb about him.”