Luke 7:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he.

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  • Matt 11:11 : 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.
  • Matt 13:16-17 : 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare. 17 Ueryly I say vnto you, that many prophetes and ryghteous men haue desired to see those thynges which ye see, and haue not seene: and to heare those thynges which ye heare, and haue not hearde.
  • Luke 1:14-15 : 14 And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse, and many shall reioyce at his birth. 15 For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 Iohn aunswered, and said vnto them all, In deede I baptize you with water: but one stronger then I commeth, whose shoes latched I am not worthy to vnlose, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire.
  • Luke 9:48 : 48 And sayde vnto them: Whosoeuer receaueth this chylde in my name, receaueth me: And whosoeuer receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shalbe great.
  • Luke 10:23-24 : 23 And he turned to his disciples, & sayde secretely: Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see. 24 For I tell you, that many prophetes and kynges haue desired to see those thynges whiche ye see, & haue not seene them, and to heare those thinges which ye heare, and haue not hearde them.
  • Eph 3:8-9 : 8 Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe, 9 And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god, which made all thinges through Iesus Christe:
  • Col 1:25-27 : 25 Wherof I am made a minister, accordyng to the dispensation of God, which is geuen to me to youwarde, to fulfyll the worde of God: 26 The misterie hyd sence the worlde began, and sence the begynnyng of generations: but nowe is opened to his saintes: 27 To whom God woulde make knowe what is the riches of the glorie of this misterie among the gentiles, which is Christe in you, the hope of glorie:
  • 1 Pet 1:10-12 : 10 Of which saluation haue ye prophetes enquired & searched, which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you: 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them, shoulde signifie, which spirite testified before, the passions that should happen vnto Christe, and the glorie that shoulde folowe after. 12 Unto which prophetes it was also declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs, they shoulde minister ye thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them, which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen, haue in the Gospell preached vnto you, the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde.
  • Heb 11:39-40 : 39 And these all through fayth, obteyned good report, and receaued not the promise: 40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs, that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect.

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  • Matt 11:9-13
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    92%

    9But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete.

    10For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

    11Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

    12From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it vnto them.

    13For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn.

  • Luke 7:26-27
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    81%

    26But what went ye foorth to see? A prophete? Yea, I say to you, and more then a prophete.

    27This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Mark 1:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7And preached, saying: He that is stronger then I, commeth after me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to stowpe downe, and vnloose.

    8I haue baptized you with water: but he shal baptize you with the holy ghost.

  • Luke 7:29
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    29And all the people, and the publicanes that hearde hym, iustified God, and were baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.

  • John 1:25-28
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    25And they asked hym, and sayde vnto hym: Why baptizest thou then, yf thou be not Christe, nor Elias, neither that prophete?

    26Iohn aunswered them, saying: I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you, whom ye knowe not,

    27He it is, which though he came after me, was before me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose.

    28These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane, where Iohn dyd baptize.

  • John 3:26-28
    3 verses
    70%

    26And they came vnto Iohn, and sayde vnto hym: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyonde Iordane, to whom thou barest witnesse, beholde the same baptizeth, and all men come to hym.

    27Iohn aunswered, and sayde: A man can receaue nothyng, except it be geuen hym from heauen.

    28Ye your selues are witnesses, howe that I sayde I am not Christe, but am sent before hym.

  • Luke 9:48
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    48And sayde vnto them: Whosoeuer receaueth this chylde in my name, receaueth me: And whosoeuer receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me. For he that is least among you all, the same shalbe great.

  • John 1:30-31
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    30This is he of whom I sayde, After me commeth a man, which is preferred before me, for he was before me.

    31And I knewe hym not: but that he shoulde be declared to Israel, therfore am I come, baptizing with water.

  • Matt 18:4
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    4Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde, the same is ye greatest in the kingdome of heauen.

  • Luke 3:16
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    16Iohn aunswered, and said vnto them all, In deede I baptize you with water: but one stronger then I commeth, whose shoes latched I am not worthy to vnlose, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire.

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For this is he, of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas, saying. The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse: prepare ye the way of the Lorde, make his pathes strayght.

  • John 13:16
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    16Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto you: The seruaunt is not greater the his maister, neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym.

  • Luke 7:24
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    24And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, he began to speake vnto the people concernyng Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see? a reede shaken with the wynde?

  • Luke 7:18
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    18And the disciples of Iohn, shewed hym of all these thynges.

  • John 1:15
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    15Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • Matt 11:7
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    7And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde?

  • Matt 23:11
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    11He that is greatest among you, shalbe your seruaunt.

  • Matt 12:6
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    6But I say vnto you, that in this place is one greater then the temple.

  • Acts 13:24-25
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    24When Iohn had first preached before his commyng, the baptisme of repentaunce to all the people of Israel.

    25And when Iohn had fulfylled his course, he sayde: Whom ye thynke that I am, the same am I not. But behold, there commeth one after me, whose shoes of his feete I am not worthy to loose.

  • Luke 1:76
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    76And thou childe shalt be called the prophete of the hyghest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lorde, to prepare his wayes.

  • John 1:6
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    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn:

  • Matt 12:41
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    41The men of Niniue shall ryse in the iudgement, with this nation, and condemne it, because they repented at the preachyng of Ionas: and beholde, here is one greater then Ionas.

  • John 1:33
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    33And knewe hym not. But he that sent me to baptize with water, the same saide vnto me: vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende, and tary styll on hym, the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost.

  • Mark 8:28
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    28And they aunswered: Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist, and some saye, Elias: Agayne, some saye that thou art one of the prophetes.

  • Matt 18:1
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    1At the same time, came the disciples vnto Iesus, saying: Who is the greatest in ye kyngdome of heauen?

  • John 3:30
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    30He must increace, but I must decreace.

  • Luke 22:27
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    27For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meate, or he that serueth? Is not he that sitteth at meate? But I am among you, as he that ministreth.

  • Luke 7:20
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    20When the men were come vnto hym, they sayde, Iohn Baptiste sent vs vnto thee, saying: Art thou he that shoulde come, or shall we loke for another?

  • Matt 3:11
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    11I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce: But he that shall come after me, is mightier then I, whose shoes I am not worthy to beare, he shall baptize you with the holy ghost, and with fire.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1In those dayes, came Iohn the Baptist, preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie, and saying.

  • Matt 5:19
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    19Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes, and teacheth men so, he shalbe called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen. But who so euer doeth, and teacheth (so) the same shalbe called great in the kyngdome of heauen.

  • Luke 7:33
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    33For Iohn Baptist came, neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne, and ye say he hath the deuyll.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Lykewyse, shall also the sonne of man suffer of them. Then the disciples vnderstode, that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist.

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    16The lawe & the prophetes raigned vntyll Iohn, and sence that tyme, the kyngdome of God is preached, & euery man stryueth to go in.

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    15For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

  • Luke 18:17
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    17Ueryly I say vnto you: Whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of God, as a chylde, shall not enter therin.