"And if ye will receive {it}, this is Elias, which was for to come." — Matthew 11:14

Matthew 11:14 · KJV

“And if ye will receive {it}, this is Elias, which was for to come.”

— Matthew 11:14

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 11 — Context

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. {suffereth...: or, is gotten by force, and they that thrust men}

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

And if ye will receive {it}, this is Elias, which was for to come.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,

Cross References

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

Mark 9:11-13

And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Matthew 17:10-13

And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?

Luke 1:17

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. {to the wisdom: or, by the wisdom}

John 1:21-23

And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. {that prophet: or, a prophet?}

Ezekiel 2:5

And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they {are} a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.

John 16:12

I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

1 Corinthians 3:2

I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able {to bear it}, neither yet now are ye able.