Genesis 12:2
2 aAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.Genesis 48:19
19But his father refused and said, b“I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, chis younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude ▼▼Hebrew fullness
of nations.” Joshua 3:7
7The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to eexalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, fas I was with Moses, so I will be with you.Joshua 4:14
14On that day the Lord gexalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they stood in awe of him just as they had stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life.1 Chronicles 17:8
8and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.1 Chronicles 29:12
12 hBoth riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. iIn your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.Matthew 11:9-19
9What then did you go out to see? jA prophet? ▼▼Some manuscripts Why then did you go out? To see a prophet?
Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10This is he of whom it is written, l“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
11Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 mFrom the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, ▼
▼Or has been coming violently
and the violent take it by force. 13 oFor all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, 14and if you are willing to accept it, he is pElijah who is to come. 15 qHe who has ears to hear, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit to hear
let him hear. 16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,
17 “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
18For John came sneither eating tnor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19The Son of Man came ueating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, va friend of wtax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” ▼
▼Some manuscripts children (compare Luke 7:35)
Luke 7:28
28I 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.”
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