Matthew 11:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“The truth is that John the Baptizer is greater than anyone who has ever come into this world. But even the least important person in God’s kingdom is greater than John.

Cross References

Luke 7:28

I tell you, no one ever born is greater than John. But even the least important person in God’s kingdom is greater than John.”

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people. But he gave me this gift—to tell the non-Jewish people the Good News about the riches Christ has. These riches are too great to understand fully.

John 1:15

John told people about him. He said loudly, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he was living before I was even born.’”

Matthew 5:19

“A person should obey every command in the law, even one that does not seem important. Whoever refuses to obey any command and teaches others not to obey it will be the least important in God’s kingdom. But whoever obeys the law and teaches others to obey it will be great in God’s kingdom.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who takes off his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 9:48

Then he said to the followers, “Whoever accepts a little child like this in my name is accepting me. And anyone who accepts me is also accepting the one who sent me. The one among you who is the most humble—this is the one who is great.”

1 Peter 1:10

The prophets studied carefully and tried to learn about this salvation. They spoke about the grace that was coming to you.

Hebrews 11:40

God planned something better for us. He wanted to make us perfect. Of course, he wanted those great people to be made perfect too, but not before we could all enjoy that blessing together.

1 Corinthians 15:9

All the other apostles are greater than I am. I say this because I persecuted the church of God. That is why I am not even good enough to be called an apostle.

1 Corinthians 6:4

So if you have such matters to be judged, why do you take them to those who are not part of the church? They mean nothing to you.

John 10:41

and many people came to him. They said, “John never did any miraculous signs, but everything John said about this man is true.”

John 3:30

He must become more and more important, and I must become less important.

Psalm 51:5

I was born to do wrong, a sinner before I left my mother’s womb.

Job 15:14

“People cannot really be pure. They cannot be more right than God!

Job 14:4

“No one can make something clean from something so dirty.

Job 14:1

“We are all human beings. Our life is short and full of trouble.

John 5:35

John was like a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.

John 1:27

He is the one who is coming later. I am not good enough to be the slave who unties the strings on his sandals.”

Zechariah 12:8

But the Lord will protect the people in Jerusalem. Even the man who trips and falls will become a great soldier like David. And the men from David’s family will be like gods—like the Lord’s own angel leading the people.

John 7:39

Jesus was talking about the Spirit. The Spirit had not yet been given to people, because Jesus had not yet been raised to glory. But later, those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit.

Isaiah 30:26

At that time the light from the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light from the sun will be seven times brighter than it is now. One day of sunlight will be like a whole week’s worth. This will happen when the Lord bandages his broken people and heals the hurts from their beatings.

Job 25:4

How can anyone claim to be right before God? No human being can really be pure.

1 Samuel 2:30

“The Lord, the God of Israel, promised that your father’s family would serve him forever. But now the Lord says, ‘That will never be! I will honor people who honor me, but bad things will happen to those who refuse to respect me.

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like that, trying to please our sinful selves. We did all the things our bodies and minds wanted. Like everyone else in the world, we deserved to suffer God’s anger just because of the way we were.

2 Timothy 1:10

And now it has been shown to us in the coming of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death and showed us the way to have life. Yes, through the Good News Jesus showed us the way to have life that cannot be destroyed.

Luke 1:15

He will be a great man for the Lord. He will never drink wine or beer. Even before he is born, he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:1

When it was the right time, John the Baptizer began telling people a message from God. This was out in the desert area of Judea.

Matthew 11:10

This Scripture was written about him: ‘Listen! I will send my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare the way for you.’ Malachi 3:1

Matthew 11:12

Since the time John the Baptizer came until now, God’s kingdom has been going forward strongly. And people have been trying to take control of it by force.