If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here.

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now something greater than Solomon is here.

Causing to Stumble

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

Causing to Stumble

“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

And no one after drinking old wine wants the new, for they say, ‘The old is better.’”

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.”

but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.

The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.

It would be better for them to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around their neck than to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.

Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.”

He must become greater; I must become less.”

Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.”

You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.

Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their full inclusion bring!

do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.

It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.

But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

But food does not bring us near to God; we are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

Love Is Indispensable

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

The Greater Glory of the New Covenant

Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was,

And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!

and not only by his coming but also by the comfort you had given him. He told us about your longing for me, your deep sorrow, your ardent concern for me, so that my joy was greater than ever.

And his affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient, receiving him with fear and trembling.

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;

Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves.

False Teachers and the Love of Money

These are the things you are to teach and insist on.

no longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother. He is very dear to me but even dearer to you, both as a fellow man and as a brother in the Lord.

So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

The Son Superior to Angels

For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son; today I have become your Father”? Or again, “I will be his Father, and he will be my Son”?

Jesus Greater Than Moses

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.

Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation.

The Certainty of God’s Promise

When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself,

People swear by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts an end to all argument.

And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

The Blood of Christ

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.

It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead.

Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.

since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.

For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.

If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.