Matthew 11:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Mal 4:6 : 6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers; lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Matt 5:17-18 : 17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
Luke 24:27 : 27 And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
John 5:46-47 : 46 For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe {G302} me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Acts 3:22-24 : 22 {G1063} Moses indeed said, {G3754} {G4314} {G3962} A prophet shall the Lord God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me. To him shall ye hearken in all things whatsoever {G302} he shall speak unto you. 23 And it shall be, that every {G302} soul that shall not hearken to that prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. 24 Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
Acts 13:27 : 27 For they that dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every {G2596} sabbath, fulfilled [them] by condemning [him].
Rom 3:21 : 21 But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Luke 16:16-17
2 verses
81%
16The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
17But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one tittle of the law to fall.
Matt 11:10-12
3 verses
77%
10This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
11Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there has not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.
Acts 3:24
73%
24Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.
Matt 5:17-18
2 verses
73%
17Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil.
18For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished.
Acts 13:24
73%
24when John had first preached before {G4383} his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Matt 11:14
72%
14And if you are willing to receive [it], this is Elijah, that is to come.
Acts 3:21
70%
21whom the heaven {G3303} must receive until the times of restoration of all things, whereof God spake by the mouth of {G3956} His holy prophets that have been from of old.
Matt 3:1-3
3 verses
70%
1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
2Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matt 17:13
69%
13Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Luke 7:27-29
3 verses
68%
27This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
28{G1063} I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater {G4396} than John: {G910} yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
29And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Matt 17:11
68%
11And he answered and said, Elijah indeed cometh, and shall restore all things:
Luke 7:18
68%
18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.
John 1:17
68%
17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Luke 1:70
67%
70(As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets that have been from of old),
Matt 7:12
67%
12All things therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Acts 10:37
67%
37that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
John 1:15
67%
15John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
Luke 11:49-50
2 verses
67%
49Therefore {G5124} also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;
50that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Acts 13:40
67%
40Beware therefore, lest that come upon [you] which is spoken in the prophets:
Matt 3:13
67%
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
Rom 3:21
67%
21But now apart from the law a righteousness of God hath been manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Acts 3:18
67%
18But the things which God foreshowed by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ should suffer, he {G4137} thus fulfilled.
Mark 1:2-3
2 verses
67%
2Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy {G3598} {G4675} way.
3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
Matt 3:5
67%
5Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;
John 3:24
67%
24For John was not yet cast into prison.
John 1:6
66%
6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
Luke 3:20
66%
20added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Mark 13:30
66%
30Verily I say unto you, This generation shall {G3756} not pass away, until all these things be accomplished.
Luke 3:3
66%
3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
Mal 4:5
66%
5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
Matt 13:17
66%
17For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which ye hear, and heard them not.
Luke 24:44
66%
44And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
John 3:26
66%
26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
Mark 1:5
66%
5And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Mark 9:11
66%
11And they asked him, saying, [How is it] that the scribes say that Elijah must first come?
Acts 7:52
66%
52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
Mark 1:14
66%
14Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of {G932} God,
Luke 21:32
66%
32Verily I say unto you, {G3754} This generation shall not pass away, {G302} till all things be accomplished.
Mark 11:32
66%
32But should we say, From men— they feared the people: for all verily held John to be a prophet.
Matt 11:2
66%
2Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples