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Matthew 11:14

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And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
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  1. Malachi 4:5Rank 1 from verse 14
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    5¶ Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:

  2. Mark 9:11–13Rank 2 from verse 14
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    11¶ And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

    12And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

    13But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

  3. Matthew 17:10–13Rank 3 from verse 14
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    10And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

    11And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

    12But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

    13Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

  4. Luke 1:17Rank 4 from verse 14
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    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.

  5. John 1:21–23Rank 5 from verse 14
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    21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

    22Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

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Matthew 11:14

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

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15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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