Matthew 11:9

Contemporary English Version 1995

What did you really go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was. I tell you that he was more than a prophet.

Cross References

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called the prophet of God Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John. But the people thought John was a prophet, and Herod was afraid of what they might do.

Matthew 11:8

What kind of man did you go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who dress like that live in the king's palace.

Luke 20:6

And we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize. The crowd will stone us to death, because they think John was a prophet.”