But what did you go out to see?
A man clothed in soft clothing?
Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed and live delicately are in kings’ courts.
But what did you go out to see?
A prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and much 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.’ “For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in God’s Kingdom is greater than he.”