Matthew 11:11

Legacy Standard Bible

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil.

Job 14:4

“Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one!

Job 15:14

“What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Job 25:4

“How then can mortal man be right with God? Or how can he be pure who is born of woman?

Psalm 51:5

¶Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Isaiah 30:26

And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day Yahweh binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.

Zechariah 12:8

In that day Yahweh will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who stumbles among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of Yahweh before them.

Matthew 11:10

This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way before You.’

Matthew 11:12

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

Matthew 3:1

Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Matthew 3:11

“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 5:19

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he 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 any wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother’s womb.

Luke 7:28

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Luke 9:48

and said to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great.”

John 1:15

John *bore witness about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has been ahead of me, for He existed before me.’ ”

John 1:27

This One is He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandal.”

John 10:41

And many came to Him and were saying, “While John did no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true.”

John 3:30

He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 5:35

He was the lamp that was burning and shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

John 7:39

But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were going to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

1 Corinthians 15:9

For I am the least of the apostles, and not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

1 Corinthians 6:4

So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint those who are of no account in the church as judges?

Ephesians 2:3

among whom we all also formerly conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the good news of the unfathomable riches of Christ,

2 Timothy 1:10

but now has been manifested by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,

Hebrews 11:40

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

1 Peter 1:10

Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you, made careful searches and inquiries,

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be cursed.