Catholic Public Domain Version
"Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. "
— Matthew 11:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.”
“But wherefore went ye out? to see a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. ”
“But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.”
“What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet!”
“But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
“But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.”
“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.”
And blessed is he who has found no offense in me.”
Then, after they departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
So what did you go out to see? A man in soft garments? Behold, those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.
Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
For this is he, of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.’
Amen I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.