¹¹ Then they asked Jesus, “Why do the ·teachers of the law [scribes] say that Elijah must come first [Mal. 3:1; 4:5]?”

¹² Jesus answered, “·They are right to say that Elijah must come first and [^LElijah is indeed coming, and he will] ·make everything the way it should be [restore/prepare everything]. But why does the Scripture say that the Son of Man will suffer much and ·that people will treat him as if he were nothing [be despised; be treated with contempt; be rejected; Is. 52:13—53:12]? ¹³ [^LBut] I tell you that Elijah has already come. And ·people [^Lthey] did to him whatever they wanted to do, just as ·the Scriptures said it would happen [it is written about him].”