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11 And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first?(A)

12 And He said to them, Elijah, it is true, does come first to restore all things and [a]set them to rights. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and rejected?(B)

13 But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and [people] did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him.

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  1. Mark 9:12 Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Holy Bible.

11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

12 And 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.

13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

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