Matthew 11:10-12

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¹⁰This is he of whom it is written,

‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
who shall prepare thy way before thee.’

¹¹Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,^[a] and men of violence take it by force.

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Matthew 11:12 Or has been coming violently

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