But if we say, ‘From man,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” (When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
And they were seeking to arrest him but feared the people, for they perceived that he had told the parable against them. So they left him and went away.
But they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.”
And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
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