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27 This is he of whom it is written:

‘Look, I am sending My messenger before Your face,
    who shall prepare Your way before You.’[a]

28 I say to you, among those who are born of women there is no greater prophet than John the Baptist. Yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

29 All the people who heard Him, including the tax collectors, justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

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  1. Luke 7:27 Mal 3:1.

27 This 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)

28 I 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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  1. Luke 7:27 Mal. 3:1