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For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of men, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
For I say unto you----here is not a greater prophet The word "prophet" is left out in the Arabic and Ethiopic versions, as in ( Matthew 11:11 ) . (See Gill on Matthew 11:11).
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But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of men, there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John’s baptism.
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized by him.