Matthew 11:7-12 As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

MNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁷ As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John. ⁸ "What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings' palaces! ⁹ "But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet; ¹⁰ "for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee. ¹¹ "In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.