³⁰ He must become greater; I must become less.”^[a]

¹⁸ And he is the head^(A) of the body, the church;^(B) he is the beginning and the firstborn^(C) from among the dead,^(D) so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

² He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.^{(A) 3} Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses,^(B) just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.^{(C) 5} “Moses was faithful as a servant^(D) in all God’s house,”^[a](E) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. ⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son^(F) over God’s house. And we are his house,^(G) if indeed we hold firmly^(H) to our confidence and the hope^(I) in which we glory.

³⁴ While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands.^(A) It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed^(B) them.^{(C) 35} Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away^(D) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain^(E) and filled the whole earth.^(F)