Matthew 11:9-15
9What then did you go out to see? aA prophet? ▼▼Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10This is he of whom it is written, c“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
11Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 dFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, ▼
▼Or has been coming violently
and the violent take it by force. 13 fFor all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14and if you are willing to accept it, he is gElijah who is to come. 15 hHe who has ears to hear, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit to hear
let him hear. Matthew 21:23-25
The Authority of Jesus Challenged
23 jAnd when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him kas he was teaching, and said, l“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” 24Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25The baptism of John, mfrom where did it come? nFrom heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, o‘Why then did you not believe him?’Matthew 21:32
32For John came to you pin the way of righteousness, and qyou did not believe him, but rthe tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward schange your minds and believe him.Mark 9:12-13
12And he said to them, “Elijah does come first tto restore all things. And uhow is it written of the Son of Man that he should vsuffer many things and wbe treated with contempt? 13But I tell you that Elijah has come, and xthey did to him whatever they pleased, as it is written of him.”Mark 11:30-32
30Was the baptism of John yfrom heaven or from man? Answer me.” 31And they discussed it with one another, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, z‘Why then did you not believe him?’ 32But shall we say, ‘From man’?”— aathey were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was aba prophet.Luke 7:33
33For John the Baptist has come aceating no bread and addrinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’John 1:11
11He came to aehis own, ▼▼Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people
and aghis own people ▼▼People is implied in Greek
aidid not receive him.
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