Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied, even until John.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
In Context
14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah, who is to come.
Cross References
Matthew 5:17Do not think that I have come to loosen the law or the prophets. I have not come to loosen, but to fulfill.
Luke 24:44And he said to them: “These are the words that I spoke to you when I was still with you, because all things must be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses, and in the Prophets, and in the Psalms about me.”
Acts 3:22Indeed, Moses said: ‘For the Lord your God shall raise up a Prophet for you from your brothers, one like me; the same shall you listen to according to everything whatsoever that he shall speak to you.
Romans 3:21But now, without the law, the justice of God, to which the law and the prophets have testified, has been made manifest.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:8-16
Christ's Testimony of John. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way… Read the whole commentary →