Matthew 11:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

Amen I say to you, among those born of women, there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Cross References

Job 14:1

Man, born of woman, living for a short time, is filled with many miseries.

Job 14:4

Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed? Are you not the only one who can?

Job 15:14

What is man that he should be immaculate, and that he should appear just, having been born of woman?

Job 25:4

Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?

Psalm 51:5

You have loved malice above goodness, and iniquity more than speaking righteousness.

Isaiah 30:26

And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord will bind the wound of his people, and when he will heal the stroke of their scourge.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day, the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and even he who will have offended from them, in that day, will be like David, and the house of David will be like that of God, just like an angel of the Lord in their sight.

Matthew 11:10

For this is he, of whom it is written: 'Behold, I send my Angel before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.'

Matthew 11:12

But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now, the kingdom of heaven has endured violence, and the violent carry it away.

Matthew 3:1

Now in those days, John the Baptist arrived, preaching in the desert of Judea,

Matthew 3:11

Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:19

Therefore, whoever will have loosened one of the least of these commandments, and have taught men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever will have done and taught these, such a one shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

Luke 7:28

For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is greater than the prophet John the Baptist. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

Luke 9:48

And he said to them: "Whoever will receive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives him who sent me. For whoever is the lesser among you all, the same is greater."

John 1:15

John offers testimony about him, and he cries out, saying: "This is the one about whom I said: 'He who is to come after me, has been placed ahead of me, because he existed before me.' "

John 1:27

The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen."

John 10:41

And many went out to him. And they were saying: "Indeed, John accomplished no signs.

John 3:30

He must increase, while I must decrease.

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining light. So you were willing, at the time, to exult in his light.

John 7:39

Now he said this about the Spirit, which those who believe in him would soon be receiving. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

1 Corinthians 6:4

Therefore, if you have matters to judge concerning this age, why not appoint those who are most contemptible in the Church to judge these things!

Ephesians 2:3

And we too were all conversant in these things, in times past, by the desires of our flesh, acting according to the will of the flesh and according to our own thoughts. And so we were, by nature, sons of wrath, even like the others.

Ephesians 3:8

Although I am the least of all the saints, I have been given this grace: to evangelize among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

2 Timothy 1:10

And this has now been made manifest by the illumination of our Savior Jesus Christ, who certainly has destroyed death, and who has also illuminated life and incorruption through the Gospel.

Hebrews 11:40

God's Providence holds something better for us, so that not without us would they be perfected.

1 Peter 1:10

About this salvation, the prophets inquired and diligently searched, those who prophesied about the future grace in you,

1 Samuel 2:30

Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.