Matthew 11:11

11:11 “I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.

Matthew 11:14

11:14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come.

tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

sn After John comes a shift of eras. The new era is so great that the lowest member of it (the one who is least in the kingdom of God) is greater than the greatest one of the previous era.