Matthew 11:9-11

Complete Jewish Bible

⁹Nu, so why did you go out? To see a prophet! Yes! and I tell you he’s much more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is the one about whom the Tanakh says,

‘See, I am sending out my messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way before you.’^[a]

¹¹Yes! I tell you that among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan the Immerser! Yet the one who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he!

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Footnotes

Matthew 11:10 Malachi 3:1

Matthew 11:9-11

New International Version

⁹Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?^(A) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,^(B)
who will prepare your way before you.’^[a]^(C)

¹¹Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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