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11 I tell all of you[a] with certainty, among those born of women no one has appeared who is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least important person in the kingdom from[b] heaven is greater than he.

12 “From the days of John the Baptist until the present, the kingdom from[c] heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people have been attacking it, 13 because the Law and all the Prophets prophesied up to the time of John.

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  1. Matthew 11:11 The Gk. pronoun you is pl.
  2. Matthew 11:11 Lit. of
  3. Matthew 11:12 Lit. of

11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,[a] and violent people have been raiding it. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.(A)

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  1. Matthew 11:12 Or been forcefully advancing