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Mat 17:12 — But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

and they		Mat 11:9-15; Mat 21:23-25,32; Mar 9:12,13; Mar 11:30-32; Luk 7:33; Jhn 1:11; Jhn 5:32-36; Act 13:24-28
but		Mat 11:2; Mat 14:3-10; Mar 6:14-28; Luk 3:19,20; Act 7:52
Likewise		Mat 16:21; Isa 53:3; etc.; Luk 9:21-25; Act 2:23; Act 3:14,15; Act 4:10

Correlating Passages

and they

	Mat 11:9	But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
	Mat 11:10	For this is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
	Mat 11:11	Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
	Mat 11:12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
	Mat 11:13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
	Mat 11:14	And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for to come.
	Mat 11:15	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
	Mat 21:23	And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
	Mat 21:24	And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
	Mat 21:25	The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
	Mat 21:32	For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
	Mar 9:12	And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
	Mar 9:13	But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
	Mar 11:30	The baptism of John, was [it] from heaven, or of men? answer me.
	Mar 11:31	And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
	Mar 11:32	But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
	Luk 7:33	For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
	Jhn 1:11	He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
	Jhn 5:32	There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
	Jhn 5:33	Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
	Jhn 5:34	But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
	Jhn 5:35	He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
	Jhn 5:36	But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
	Act 13:24	When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
	Act 13:25	And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
	Act 13:26	Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
	Act 13:27	For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in condemning [him].
	Act 13:28	And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.

but

	Mat 11:2	Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
	Mat 14:3	For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
	Mat 14:4	For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
	Mat 14:5	And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
	Mat 14:6	But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
	Mat 14:7	Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
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	Mar 6:14	And king Herod heard [of him]; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
	Mar 6:15	Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
	Mar 6:16	But when Herod heard [thereof], he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
	Mar 6:17	For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
	Mar 6:18	For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
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	Luk 3:19	But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
	Luk 3:20	Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
	Act 7:52	Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Likewise

	Mat 16:21	From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
	Isa 53:3	He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
	Luk 9:21	And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell no man that thing;
	Luk 9:22	Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
	Luk 9:23	And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
	Luk 9:24	For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
	Luk 9:25	For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
	Act 2:23	Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
	Act 3:14	But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
	Act 3:15	And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
	Act 4:10	Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 17:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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