26'But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:


In Context

23 and happy is he whoever may not be stumbled in me.'

24 And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: 'What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

25 but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

26 'But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

27 this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;

28 for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

Luke 7:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and what is more excellent than a prophet.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went ye out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:26But what went you out for to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet.