KJV King James Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
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Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
WEB World English Bible
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
ASV American Standard Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,
Surrounding context — Matthew 11
10 For this is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
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Matthew 5:17-18Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Romans 3:21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;Luke 24:44And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.Acts 13:27For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].Acts 3:22-24For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.Luke 24:27And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.Malachi 4:6And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.John 5:46-47For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
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