Luke 7:26
Good News Translation
Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet.

New Revised Standard Version
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Contemporary English Version
What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet.

New American Bible
Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

A prophet.

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

Luke 20:6 But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

and.

Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.

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Matthew 11:9-14 But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. . . .

John 3:26 And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony: behold, he baptizeth and all men come to him.

*etc:

John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.

Context
Jesus Testifies about John
25But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are in costly apparel and live delicately are in the houses of kings. 26But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. 27This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.…
Cross References
Luke 7:25
But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are in costly apparel and live delicately are in the houses of kings.

Luke 7:27
This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

Luke 7:25
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