What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.