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Matthew 11:9–12

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But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
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.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
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From verse 9

  1. Luke 1:76Rank 1 from verse 9
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    76And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;

  2. Matthew 14:5Rank 2 from verse 9
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    5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

  3. Luke 1:15–17Rank 3 from verse 9
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    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

    16And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.

    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.

  4. Mark 9:11–13Rank 4 from verse 9
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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.

  5. Matthew 17:12–13Rank 5 from verse 9
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    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.

  6. Matthew 21:24–26Rank 6 from verse 9
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    24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

    25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

    26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

  7. Matthew 11:13–14Rank 7 from verse 9
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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.

From verse 10

  1. Malachi 3:1Rank 1 from verse 10
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    1BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.

  2. Isaiah 40:3Rank 2 from verse 10
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    3¶ The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

  3. Malachi 4:5Rank 3 from verse 10
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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:

  4. Mark 1:2Rank 4 from verse 10
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    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  5. Luke 7:26–27Rank 5 from verse 10
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    26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

    27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

  6. John 1:23Rank 6 from verse 10
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    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

  7. Matthew 3:3Rank 7 from verse 10
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    3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

From verse 11

  1. Luke 7:28Rank 1 from verse 11
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    28For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  2. Ephesians 3:8Rank 2 from verse 11
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    8Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

  3. John 1:15Rank 3 from verse 11
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    15¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

  4. Matthew 3:11Rank 4 from verse 11
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    11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

  5. Matthew 5:19Rank 5 from verse 11
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    19Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

  6. 1 Corinthians 15:9Rank 6 from verse 11
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    9For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

  7. 1 Peter 1:10Rank 7 from verse 11
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    10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

  8. Hebrews 11:40Rank 8 from verse 11
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    40God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

  9. Luke 9:48Rank 9 from verse 11
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    48And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

  10. Job 14:4Rank 10 from verse 11
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    4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

  11. John 10:41Rank 11 from verse 11
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    41And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.

  12. Psalms 51:5Rank 12 from verse 11
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    5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

  13. 1 Corinthians 6:4Rank 13 from verse 11
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    4If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

  14. Job 15:14Rank 14 from verse 11
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    14What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

  15. John 3:30Rank 15 from verse 11
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    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

  16. Zechariah 12:8Rank 16 from verse 11
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    8In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them.

  17. Job 14:1Rank 17 from verse 11
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    1MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

  18. John 1:27Rank 18 from verse 11
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    27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

  19. John 5:35Rank 19 from verse 11
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    35He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

  20. Romans 16:25–26Rank 20 from verse 11
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    25Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

    26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:

  21. 1 Samuel 2:30Rank 21 from verse 11
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    30Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

  22. Isaiah 30:26Rank 22 from verse 11
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    26Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

  23. Job 25:4Rank 23 from verse 11
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    4How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

  24. John 7:39Rank 24 from verse 11
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    39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

  25. Colossians 1:26–27Rank 25 from verse 11
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    26Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

    27To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  26. Ephesians 2:3Rank 26 from verse 11
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    3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

  27. 2 Timothy 1:10Rank 27 from verse 11
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    10But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:

  28. Luke 1:15Rank 28 from verse 11
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    15For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

From verse 12

  1. Luke 16:16Rank 1 from verse 12
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    16The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.

  2. Luke 13:24Rank 2 from verse 12
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    24¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

  3. Ephesians 6:11–13Rank 3 from verse 12
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    11Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

    12For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

    13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

  4. Philippians 2:12Rank 4 from verse 12
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    12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  5. John 6:27Rank 5 from verse 12
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    27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  6. Luke 7:29–30Rank 6 from verse 12
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    29And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

    30But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.

  7. Matthew 21:23–32Rank 7 from verse 12
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    23¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

    24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.

    25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

    26But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.

    27And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

    28¶ But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

    29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

    30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

    31Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

    32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

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DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 11:9

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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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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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

see

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Sense 1: To perceive or behold with the eyes or in a vision. Sense 2: To observe, examine, discover, ascertain, consider, understand, know, or recognize. Sense 3: To visit, meet, converse with, or be in the presence of. Sense 4: To experience, undergo, endure, or enjoy. Sense 5: To attend to, take care, ensure, or beware.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

prophet

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A person who declares or bears a message as divinely inspired, including one who foretells, whether truly or falsely.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Skeat 1893

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yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 11:10

COMBINED MEANING

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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whom

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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.

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written

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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).

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behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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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.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 11:11

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say

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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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risen

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Having risen; stood up, come forth, ascended, or returned from death.

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Baptist

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One who baptizes; as a title, John the Baptist.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

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heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Matthew 11:12

COMBINED MEANING

Baptist

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One who baptizes; as a title, John the Baptist.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Bullokar 1616 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

kingdom

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The rule, royal authority, government, realm, territory, subjects, or dominion of a king.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heaven

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Sense 1: The firmament or expanse above the earth, including the sky and the region of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, rain, and flying creatures. Sense 2: The realm above spoken of as God's throne and dwelling place, and as the place of angels, heavenly beings, and the righteous. Sense 3: By metonymy, God, heavenly authority or source, or those who dwell there.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

suffereth

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Third-person singular present form of suffer. Sense 1: To suffer: to bear, undergo, or endure. Sense 2: To allow or permit.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

force

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Sense 1: Strength or power. Sense 2: Compulsion. Sense 3: Effect or operative power. Sense 4: An armed body. Sense 5: To compel, drive, constrain, press, or carry out by force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11:7¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

11:8But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.

11:9But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.

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11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

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11:11Verily 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.

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11:12And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

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11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

11:14And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

11:15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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