KJV King James Version
And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.
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Matthew 11:14
And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
WEB World English Bible
If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
ASV American Standard Version
And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;
Surrounding context — Matthew 11
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,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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Malachi 4:5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:Mark 9:11-13And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?Matthew 17:10-13And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?Luke 1:17And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.John 1:21-23And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.1 Corinthians 3:2I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.John 16:12I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.Ezekiel 2:5And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they [are] a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.Ezekiel 3:10-11Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.Revelation 20:4And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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