Luca 7:26-28

²⁶'But what have ye gone forth to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet:

²⁷this is he concerning whom it hath been written, Lo, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee;c

²⁸for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'