Matthew 11:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.›

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  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
  • Matt 17:12-13 : 12 ‹But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.› 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
  • Matt 21:24-26 : 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.› 25 ‹The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?› And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? 12 And he answered and told them, ‹Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.› 13 ‹But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.›
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Matt 11:13-14 : 13 ‹For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.› 14 ‹And if ye will receive› [it], ‹this is Elias, which was for to come.›

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    24And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, ‹What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?›

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    26‹But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.›

    27‹This is› [he], ‹of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.›

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