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For I say unto you,Among those that are born of women there isnot a greaterprophetthanJohn the Baptist:but he that is leastin the kingdom of Godis greater thanhe.
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 ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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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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For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.