Parallel Verses
An Understandable Version
And if you are willing to accept [this truth], this person [i.e., John] fulfills [the prophecy of] the coming of Elijah. [See Mal. 4:5-6]
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
If you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
A Conservative Version
And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come.
American Standard Version
And if ye are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come.
Amplified
Anderson New Testament
and if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah that was to come.
Bible in Basic English
And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.
Common New Testament
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and if ye will believe me, he is the Elias that was to come.
Darby Translation
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, who is to come.
Godbey New Testament
And if you wish to receive it, he is Elijah, who is to come.
Goodspeed New Testament
and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.
John Wesley New Testament
And if ye are willing to receive him, this is Elijah, who was to come.
Julia Smith Translation
And if ye will receive, this is Elias he about to come.
King James 2000
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and if you are willing to accept [it], he is Elijah, the one who is going to come.
Modern King James verseion
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah who is to come.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And also if ye will receive it, this is Elijah, which should come.
Montgomery New Testament
"and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
NET Bible
And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.
New Heart English Bible
And if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
Noyes New Testament
And if ye are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
Sawyer New Testament
And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
The Emphasized Bible
And, if ye are willing to accept it, he, is Elijah - the one destined to come.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And if ye will receive it, this is Elias who was to come.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.
Webster
And if ye will receive it, this is Elijah who was to come.
Weymouth New Testament
And (if you are willing to receive it)
Williams New Testament
and if you are willing to accept it, John himself is the Elijah who was to come.
World English Bible
If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to come.
Worrell New Testament
and, if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is about to come.
Worsley New Testament
and, if ye are willing to receive the truth, This is that Elias who was to come.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who was about to come;
Themes
Elijah » Antitype of john the baptist
Jesus Christ » History of » Receives the message from john the baptist (in galilee)
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Word Count of 36 Translations in Matthew 11:14
Images Matthew 11:14
Prayers for Matthew 11:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Question From John The Baptist
13 For all of the prophets and the law of Moses prophesied [of this kingdom] up until the time of John. 14 And if you are willing to accept [this truth], this person [i.e., John] fulfills [the prophecy of] the coming of Elijah. [See Mal. 4:5-6] 15 The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.
Cross References
Matthew 17:10-13
His disciples asked Him, "Why then [since you are obviously the Messiah] do the experts in the law of Moses say that Elijah must come first, [i.e., before the Messiah]?"
Mark 9:11-13
Then His disciples asked Him, "Why is it, [since you are obviously the Messiah], that the experts in the law of Moses say that Elijah must come first?"
Luke 1:17
He will go on ahead of the Messiah [See verse 76], in the spirit and power of Elijah, to rekindle the affections of fathers for their children, and [to influence] disobedient people to live wisely like righteous people. And he will prepare the people to be ready for [the coming of] the Lord."
John 1:21-23
So, they asked him, "Who then [are you]? Are you Elijah [i.e., returned from the dead]?" But he answered, "[No], I am not." "[Then], are you the prophet [i.e., Moses. See Deut. 18:15-19]?" they asked. And he answered, "No."
John 16:12
"I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them at present.
1 Corinthians 3:2
For I fed you with milk, not with solid food [i.e., with basic fundamentals instead of more advanced teaching. See Heb. 5:12-13] because you were not able to absorb it,
Revelation 20:4
Then I saw thrones, with individuals sitting on them who had been given [authority] to judge. And I [also] saw the souls of those who had been decapitated because they had testified about Jesus and [had proclaimed] the message of God. [They are] the ones who had refused to worship the beast or his statue, and had not received his mark on their foreheads or on their hands. And these ones lived again and ruled with Christ for a thousand years.