15 He comes the Prince of Peace, the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is within the soul.
16 The eyes of men shall see it not and none can enter but the pure in heart.
17 Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.
18 Again the hermit disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a veil about his form and men could see him not.
19 A Jewish feast day came; Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said,
20 Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.
21 Lo, you have lived in sin; the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.
22 Your neighbors, who are they? You have defrauded friend and foe alike.
23 You worship God with voice and lip; your hearts are far away, and set on gold.
24 Your priests have bound upon the people burdens far too great to bear; they live in ease upon the hard earned wages of the poor.