Bible verse
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 11.
5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
6 Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
7 As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
8 Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.
9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
10 This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
KJV
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
ASV
But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
ERV
But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
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