Luke 7:26 Cross References - Goodspeed

²⁶ Then what did you go out there to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet!

⁹ Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ¹⁰ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.' ¹¹ "I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he. ¹² But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it. ¹³ For up to the time of John all the Prophets and the Law itself prophesied about it, ¹⁴ and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

⁷⁶ "And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the Lord to make his way ready,

¹⁶ Until John came, it was the Law and the Prophets. From that time the Kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone has been crowding into it.

⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet."

²⁶ And they went to John and said to him, "Master, the man who was with you across the Jordan, and to whom you yourself gave testimony, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him." ²⁷ John answered, "A man cannot get anything unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ You will bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ; I have been sent in advance of him.' ²⁹ It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend who stands outside and listens for his voice is very glad when he hears the bridegroom speak. So this happiness of mine is now complete. ³⁰ He must grow greater and greater, but I less and less."

³⁵ He was the lamp that burned and shone, and you were ready to be gladdened for a while by his light.