Luke 7:26-28

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²⁶What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷This is he of whom it is written,

‘Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,
who shall prepare thy way before thee.’

²⁸I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”^[a]

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7.28 John, by virtue of his office, belonged to the old dispensation, the time of preparation for the kingdom. In terms of spiritual status, even the humbler members of the kingdom were superior to him.

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