Bible Verses

Let anyone with ears listen!

And if you trust me, John truly is that Elijah whose return was foretold.

All the prophets and the law prophesied up to the time of John.

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven is something to be conquered, and the violent take it by force.

I tell you this: no one greater than John the Baptist has ever been born of women, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

He is the man of whom Scripture says: I send my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way before you.

What was it that you truly went out to see? A prophet? Yes, indeed, and even more than a prophet.

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? People who wear fine clothes live in palaces.

As the messengers departed, Jesus started speaking to the crowds about John: “When you went out to the desert, what did you expect to see? A reed swept by the wind?

and how fortunate is the one who does not take offense at me!”