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For I saye vnto you: a greater prophete then Iohn amoge wemes chyldre is ther none. Neverthelesse one yt is lesse in ye kyngdo of god is greater the 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 forth to se? A prophete? Ye I saye to you and moare then a prophete
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This is he of who it is wrytte: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face to prepare thy waye before the.
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For I saye vnto you: a greater prophete then Iohn amoge wemes chyldre is ther none. Neverthelesse one yt is lesse in ye kyngdo of god is greater the he
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And all the people that hearde and the publicans iustified God and were baptised with the baptim of Iohn.
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But the pharises and scribes despised ye counsell of god agaynst them selves and were not baptised of him.