Matthew 11:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

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  • Mal 4:6 : 6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
  • Matt 5:17-18 : 17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete. 18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
  • Luke 24:27 : 27 And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
  • Luke 24:44 : 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.
  • John 5:46-47 : 46 If you had belief in Moses you would have belief in me; for his writings are about me. 47 If you have no belief in his writings, how will you have belief in my words?
  • Acts 3:22-24 : 22 For Moses said, The Lord will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to everything which he will say to you. 23 And every soul who does not give attention to that prophet, will be cut off from among the people. 24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.
  • Acts 13:27 : 27 For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
  • Rom 3:21 : 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 81%

    16 The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

    17 But heaven and earth will come to an end before the smallest letter of the law may be dropped out.

  • 77%

    10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    11 Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

    12 And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

  • 24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after, every one of them, gave word of these days.

  • Matt 5:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete.

    18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.

  • 24 For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

  • 14 And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.

  • 21 Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times.

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

    2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

    3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • 13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • Luke 7:27-29
    3 verses
    68%

    27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

    29 (And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

  • 11 And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:

  • 18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

  • 70 (As he said, by the mouth of his holy prophets, from the earliest times,)

  • 12 All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

  • 37 That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • 15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • 67%

    49 For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;

    50 So that punishment may come on this generation for the blood of all the prophets which was given from the earliest days;

  • 40 So take care that these words of the prophets do not come true for you;

  • 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

  • 21 But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;

  • 18 But the things which God had made clear before, by the mouth of all the prophets, that the Christ would have to undergo, he has put into effect in this way.

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

    3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

  • 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

  • 24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

  • 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • 20 Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

  • 30 Truly, I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all these things are complete.

  • 3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.

  • 17 For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

  • 44 And he said to them, These are the words which I said to you when I was still with you, how it was necessary for all the things which are in the writings of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms about me, to be put into effect.

  • 26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • 5 And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

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

  • 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;

  • 14 Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

  • 32 Truly I say to you, This generation will not come to an end till all things are complete.

  • 32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

  • 2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples