Matthew 11:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and 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.
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.
  • Matt 17:12-13 : 12 and I say to you -- Elijah did already come, and they did not know him, but did with him whatever they would, so also the Son of Man is about to suffer by them.' 13 Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.
  • Matt 21:24-26 : 24 And Jesus answering said to them, `I will ask you -- I also -- one word, which if ye may tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things; 25 the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him? 26 and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'
  • Mark 9:11-13 : 11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first. 12 And he answering said to them, `Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought? 13 But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb; 16 and many of the sons of Israel he shall turn to the Lord their God, 17 and he shall go before Him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn hearts of fathers unto children, and disobedient ones to the wisdom of righteous ones, to make ready for the Lord, a people prepared.'
  • Matt 11:13-14 : 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;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 7:24-28
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    94%

    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!

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

    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.'

  • Matt 11:7-8
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Matt 11:10-11
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    79%

    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.

  • Matt 11:3-4
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    73%

    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,

  • Mark 8:28
    71%

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

  • Matt 16:14
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    14and they said, `Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

  • Luke 7:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    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?'

  • Matt 3:3
    70%

    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.'

  • Matt 13:17
    70%

    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.

  • Luke 9:19
    70%

    19And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

  • John 1:21-23
    3 verses
    70%

    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?'

    23He said, `I `am' a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'

  • Luke 10:24
    69%

    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.'

  • John 1:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • 1 Sam 9:9
    69%

    9Formerly in Israel, thus said the man in his going to seek God, `Come and we go unto the seer,' for the `prophet' of to-day is called formerly `the seer.'

  • Luke 9:8-9
    2 verses
    68%

    8and by certain, that Elijah did appear, and by others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;

    9and Herod said, `John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

  • John 3:26
    68%

    26and 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.'

  • Matt 11:14
    68%

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

  • Mark 6:15
    68%

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

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --

    3`A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --

  • John 6:14
    68%

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

  • Mark 1:7
    67%

    7and he proclaimed, saying, `He doth come -- who is mightier than I -- after me, of whom I am not worthy -- having stooped down -- to loose the latchet of his sandals;

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7And he saith unto them, `What `is' the fashion of the man who hath come up to meet you, and speaketh unto you these words?'

  • Mark 9:11
    67%

    11And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first.

  • Luke 1:76
    67%

    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.

  • John 1:19
    67%

    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?'

  • John 9:17
    67%

    17They said to the blind man again, `Thou -- what dost thou say of him -- that he opened thine eyes?'

  • Matt 12:6
    67%

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

  • John 7:40
    67%

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

  • Matt 21:11
    66%

    11And the multitudes said, `This is Jesus the prophet, who `is' from Nazareth of Galilee.'

  • Mal 3:1
    66%

    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.

  • Mark 11:32
    66%

    32But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

  • John 3:28
    66%

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

  • Luke 3:4
    66%

    4as it hath been written in the scroll of the words of 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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    17that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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    66%

    32`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

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    66%

    41`Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

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    65%

    30this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me: