Matthew 11:9

New Living Translation

Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.

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Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces.

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a prophet.

“And you, my little son, will be called the prophet of the Most High, because you will prepare the way for the Lord.

But if we say it was merely human, the people will stone us because they are convinced John was a prophet.”