1Sa 2:30, Mat 3:11, Luk 1:15, 7:28, Joh 5:35 | ESV | STEP | Therefore the Lord , the God of Israel , declares : I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever , but now the Lord declares : Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor , and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed .

1 Samuel 2:30

30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ^a‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ ^bbut now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

Matthew 3:11

11 ^c“I baptize you with water ^dfor repentance, but ^ehe who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^fwith the Holy Spirit and ^gfire.

Luke 1:15

15 for he will be ^hgreat before the Lord. And ⁱhe must not drink wine or strong ^jdrink, and ^khe will be ^lfilled with the Holy Spirit, ^meven from his mother’s womb.

Luke 7:28

28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

John 5:35

35 He was a burning and ⁿshining lamp, and ^oyou were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.