Matthew 11:9

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“Really, what did you go to see? A prophet? Let me tell you that he is far more than a prophet.

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Really, what did you go to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Those who wear fine clothes are in royal palaces.

So Herod wanted to kill John. However, he was afraid of the people because they thought John was a prophet.

“You, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way.

But if we say, ‘from humans,’ everyone will stone us to death. They’re convinced that John was a prophet.”