9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.a 10 This is the one about whom it is written:

See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;

he will prepare your way before you.A,b

11 “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared,B but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.