Matthew 11:9-11

EasyEnglish Bible

⁹So what did you go to see? Did you go to see a prophet sent by God? Yes! But I tell you, John was even more important than a prophet. ¹⁰This is what someone wrote about him a long time ago in the Bible. God said:

“Listen! I will send someone to go in front of you.
He will speak my message.
He will prepare a way for you.” ’^[a]

¹¹Jesus then said, ‘I tell you this: John the Baptist is greater than any person who has ever lived until now. But now, anyone who belongs in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John. Even the least important of them is greater than he is.^[b]

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Footnotes

11:10 See Malachi 3:1. John the Baptist was a very important man. He brought a message from God. He told all the people that Jesus was coming soon. God had promised that he would send a special person to save them.
11:11 The people who believed John's message about Jesus now knew God as their king. They are in the kingdom of God. This means that they are very important to God. They are all even more important than John was.

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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