Matthew 11:11 New English Translation
11 “I tell you the truth,[a] among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least[b] in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is!
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- Matthew 11:11 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
- Matthew 11:11 sn After John comes a shift of eras. John stands at the end of the old era (those born of women), and is to some extent a pivotal or transitional figure. The new era which John heralds is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era. (The parallel passage Luke 7:28 reads kingdom of God.)
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