Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.This is one of those verses that has gotten more complicated for me the older I got. The basic premise makes sense: those who server quietly will receive greater reward than those who are rewarded for their work here. In some ways, I've patterned my life around this verse, often serving in the background where (hopefully) no one notices.
But what does this say about John? Will his position in heaven be diminished somehow due to his prominence among the Jews during his life? Or is this comparing heavenly status to earthly, and saying any heavenly position is greater than the highest earthly one?
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