"I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he.

One of the men with Jesus put out his hand and drew his sword, and striking at the high priest's slave, cut his ear off.

And when the scribes who were of the Pharisees' party saw that he was eating with irreligious people and tax-collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax-collectors and irreligious people?"

But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck at the high priest's slave and cut his ear off.

In the fifteenth year of the reign of the Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod governor of Galilee, while his brother Philip was governor of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was the governor of Abilene,

To proclaim the year of the Lord's favor!"

"I tell you, among men born of women there is none greater than John; and yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of God are greater than he.

And one of them did strike at the high priest's slave and cut his right ear off.

Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?

"Tell me, of whom is the prophet speaking?" said the eunuch to Philip, "Of himself, or of someone else?"

But it is to you who are of the heathen that I am speaking. So far then as I am an apostle to the heathen, I make the most of my ministry,

or of practical service, differing in the field of service, or the teacher who exercises his gift in teaching,

For consider, brothers, what happened when God called you. Not many of you were what men call wise, not many of you were influential, not many were of high birth.

Those who are of the earth are like him who was of the earth, and those who are of heaven are like him who is from heaven,

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious observances are of no account.

Nor does he go in to offer himself over and over again, like the high priest who enters the sanctuary year after year, taking with him blood that is not his own,

For while the Law foreshadowed the blessings that were to come, it did not fully express them, and so the priests by offering the same sacrifices endlessly year after year cannot wholly free those who come to worship from their sins.