⁶ I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.^(A)

⁴¹ The men of Nineveh^(A) will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,^(B) and now something greater than Jonah is here. ⁴² The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came^(C) from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

The Living Stone and a Chosen People

⁴ As you come to him, the living Stone^(A)—rejected by humans but chosen by God^(B) and precious to him— ⁵ you also, like living stones, are being built^(C) into a spiritual house^[a](D) to be a holy priesthood,^(E) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.^(F)

⁹ For in Christ all the fullness^(A) of the Deity lives in bodily form,

²⁰ built^(A) on the foundation^(B) of the apostles and prophets,^(C) with Christ Jesus himself^(D) as the chief cornerstone.^{(E) 21} In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple^(F) in the Lord. ²² And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(G)

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”^(A)

²⁰ They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” ²¹ But the temple he had spoken of was his body.^(B)

3 “I will send my messenger,^(A) who will prepare the way before me.^(B) Then suddenly the Lord^(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,^(D) whom you desire,^(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ I will shake all nations, and what is desired^(A) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house^(B) with glory,^(C)’ says the Lord Almighty. ⁸ ‘The silver is mine and the gold^(D) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. ⁹ ‘The glory^(E) of this present house^(F) will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,^(G)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”