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I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little 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 ye out 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, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.
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I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected for themselves the counsel of God, being not baptized of him.
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