Luke 7:27-29

Common English Bible

²⁷He is the one of whom it’s written: Look, I’m sending my messenger before you, who will prepare your way before you.^[a] ²⁸I tell you that no greater human being has ever been born than John. Yet whoever is least in God’s kingdom is greater than he.” ²⁹Everyone who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice because they had been baptized by John.

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Footnotes

Luke 7:27 Mal 3:1

Luke 7:27-29

New International Version

²⁷This is the one about whom it is written:

“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’^[a]^(A)

²⁸I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God^(B) is greater than he.”

²⁹(All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.^(C)

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