It is true when I tell you, among [all] those born of women, no one greater than John the Immerser has come along. Yet the least significant person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:10 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) He is the one about whom it was written [Mal. 3:1], ‘Look, I [will] send my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the pathway in front of you.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Which shall prepare thy way before thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who shall make ready Your way before You. [Mal. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee. Common English Bible He is the one of whom it is written: Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you. Catholic Public Domain Version For this is he, of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. |
It is true when I tell you, among [all] those born of women, no one greater than John the Immerser has come along. Yet the least significant person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
and said to Jesus, “Are you the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
For this is the man who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, who said, [Isa. 40:3], “[It is] the voice of a man who speaks out in the desert, [urging people to] make the road for the Lord ready [for Him to travel]; to make a straight pathway for Him [to walk on].”
It was even written in Isaiah, the prophet [Note: Verse 2 is quoted from Mal. 3:1; verse 3 from Isa. 40:3], “Look, I am sending my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.
Yes, you [my] child [i.e., John], will be called the prophet of the Highest [i.e., God], for you will go ahead of the Lord’s presence to prepare His ways.
He replied, “I am the voice of a man who is calling out in the desert, [urging people to] ‘Make the road for the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said, [Isa. 40:3].”