Matthew 11:9

World English Bible (2000)

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 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 tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them." 13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
  • Matt 21:24-26 : 24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" 12 He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised? 13 But I tell you that Elijah has come, and they have also done to him whatever they wanted to, even as it is written about him."
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. 17 He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."
  • Matt 11:13-14 : 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 14 If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.

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    24 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

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    26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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