Matius 11:11

11:11 “I tell you the truth, ¹  among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least ²  in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

Matius 11:1

11:1 When ³  Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ⁴  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ⁵  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ⁶  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

[11:11]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[11:11]  ² sn After John comes a shift of eras. The new era is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of God) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era.

[11:1]  ³ tn Grk “And it happened when.” The introductory phrase καὶ ἐγένετο (kai egeneto, “it happened that”) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated.

[2:30]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[2:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “walk about before.”

[2:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”