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Luke 7:25

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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.

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Luke 7:25 in other translations

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings’ courts.

Luke 7:25 · American Standard Version

Luke 7:25 in context

  1. 23Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
  2. 24When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
  3. 25But 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.
  4. 26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
  5. 27This is he of whom it is written,
    ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way before you.’