Matthew 11:11

New Century Version

I tell you the truth, John the Baptist is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John.

Cross References

Job 14:1

“All of us born to women live only a few days and have lots of trouble.

Job 14:4

No one can bring something clean from something dirty.

Job 15:14

“How can anyone be pure? How can someone born to a woman be good?

Job 25:4

So no one can be good in the presence of God, and no one born to a woman can be pure.

Psalm 51:5

I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me.

Isaiah 30:26

At that time the light from the moon will be bright like the sun, and the light from the sun will be seven times brighter than now, like the light of seven days. These things will happen when the Lord bandages his broken people and heals the hurts he gave them.

Zechariah 12:8

At that time the Lord will protect the people in Jerusalem. Then even the weakest of them will be strong like David. And the family of David will be like God, like an angel of the Lord in front of them.

Matthew 11:10

This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.’

Matthew 11:12

Since the time John the Baptist came until now, the kingdom of heaven has been going forward in strength, and people have been trying to take it by force.

Matthew 3:1

About that time John the Baptist began preaching in the desert area of Judea.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming after me who is greater than I am, whose sandals I am not good enough to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 5:19

Whoever refuses to obey any command and teaches other people not to obey that command will be the least important in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys the commands and teaches other people to obey them will be great in the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 1:15

John will be a great man for the Lord. He will never drink wine or beer, and even from birth, he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Luke 7:28

I tell you, John is greater than any other person ever born, but even the least important person in the kingdom of God is greater than John.”

Luke 9:48

Then Jesus said, “Whoever accepts this little child in my name accepts me. And whoever accepts me accepts the One who sent me, because whoever is least among you all is really the greatest.”

John 1:15

John tells the truth about him and cries out, saying, “This is the One I told you about: ‘The One who comes after me is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’ ”

John 1:27

He is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings of his sandals.”

John 10:41

and many people came to him and said, “John never did a miracle, but everything John said about this man is true.”

John 3:30

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

John 5:35

John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.

John 7:39

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

1 Corinthians 15:9

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

1 Corinthians 6:4

If you have ordinary cases that must be judged, are you going to appoint people as judges who mean nothing to the church?

Ephesians 2:3

In the past all of us lived like them, trying to please our sinful selves and doing all the things our bodies and minds wanted. We should have suffered God’s anger because we were sinful by nature. We were the same as all other people.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least important of all God’s people, but God gave me this gift—to tell those who are not Jews the Good News about the riches of Christ, which are too great to understand fully.

2 Timothy 1:10

but it is now shown to us by the coming of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death, and through the Good News he showed us the way to have life that cannot be destroyed.

Hebrews 11:40

God planned to give us something better so that they would be made perfect, but only together with us.

1 Peter 1:10

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

1 Samuel 2:30

“So the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I promised that your family and your ancestor’s family would serve me always.’ But now the Lord says: ‘This must stop! I will honor those who honor me, but I will dishonor those who ignore me.