Luke 7:26

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

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  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.
  • Luke 20:6 : 6 and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'
  • John 3:26-30 : 26 and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.' 27 John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven; 28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him; 29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled. 30 `Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
  • John 5:35 : 35 he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.
  • Luke 16:16 : 16 the law and the prophets `are' till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;
  • Matt 11:9-9 : 9 `But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet, 10 for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he. 12 `And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force, 13 for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy, 14 and if ye are willing to receive `it', he is Elijah who was about to come;

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    7And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, `What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

    8`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.

    9`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,

    10for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

    11Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

  • Luke 7:24-25
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    24And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: `What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

    25but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    27this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

    28for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

    19and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    20And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

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    14and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

    15He saith to them, `And ye -- who do ye say me to be?'

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    28And they answered, `John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

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    40Many, therefore out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, `This is truly the Prophet;'

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    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    4And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

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    21And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'

    22They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

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    17for verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men did desire to see that which ye look on, and they did not see, and to hear that which ye hear, and they did not hear.

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    6and I say to you, that a greater than the temple is here;

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    76And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

  • Luke 10:24
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    24for I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.'

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    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

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    14The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said -- `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'

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    15Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

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    1Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

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    17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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    14and if ye are willing to receive `it', he is Elijah who was about to come;

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    28ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

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    19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'

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    22And Jesus answering said to them, `Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

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    25Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

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