Matthew 11:11

A Question From John The Baptist

¹⁰ This is the one it is written about:

Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;
he will prepare Your way before You. ¹¹ “I assure you: Among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence, and the violent have been seizing it by force.

Truly I Say to You

Born of a Woman

God is Great

I Tell You the Truth

Kingdom of God

Kingdom of Heaven

Truly I Tell You

Verily I Say Unto You

John

No

1 Samuel 2:30

“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel:

‘Although I said
your family and your ancestral house
would walk before Me forever,
the Lord now says, “No longer!”
I will honor those who honor Me,
but those who despise Me will be disgraced.

Job 14:1

Man born of woman
is short of days and full of trouble.

Job 14:4

Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
No one!

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

How can a person be justified before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?

Psalm 51:5

Indeed, I was guilty when I was born;
I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

Isaiah 30:26

The moonlight will be as bright as the sunlight, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the Lord bandages His people’s injuries and heals the wounds He inflicted.

Zechariah 12:8

On that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that on that day the one who is weakest among them will be like David on that day, and the house of David will be like God, like the Angel of the Lord, before them.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches people to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord
and will never drink wine or beer.
He will be filled with the Holy Spirit
while still in his mother’s womb.

Luke 7:28

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John, but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 9:48

He told them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in My name welcomes Me. And whoever welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me. For whoever is least among you—this one is great.”

John 1:15

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

John 1:27

He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

John 5:35

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

John 7:39

He said this about the Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit, for the Spirit had not yet been received because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

John 10:41

Many came to Him and said, “John never did a sign, but everything John said about this man was true.”

Romans 16:25-26

Now to Him who has power to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation about Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept silent for long ages

1 Corinthians 6:4

So if you have cases pertaining to this life, do you select those who have no standing in the church to judge?

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

Ephesians 2:3

We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also.

Ephesians 3:8

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

Colossians 1:26-27

the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints.

2 Timothy 1:10

This has now been made evident
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.

Hebrews 11:40

since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.