“For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he — the paradox: John is the greatest person ever born, and yet the least in the kingdom exceeds him. The paradox is not a devaluation of John but a statement about the kingdom's exceeding excellence: belonging to the kingdom is a greater position than even the greatest human achievement outside it. John stands at the boundary — the greatest before the kingdom and therefore less than the least within it.
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