He must become more important while I become less important.” ¹ 

(Now Bethany was less than two miles ¹  from Jerusalem, ² 

The Israelites did so, and they gathered – some more, some less.

“How much less, ¹  then, can I answer him ²  and choose my words ³  to argue ⁴  with ⁵  him! ⁶ 

how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, ¹  who drinks in evil like water! ² 

and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? ¹  You grant mankind ²  honor and majesty; ³ 

Excessive ¹  speech ²  is not becoming for a fool; ³  how much less are lies ⁴  for a ruler! ⁵ 

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. ¹  How does that benefit him? ² 

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. ¹ 

how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot ¹  – a son of man, who is only a worm!”

Luxury is not appropriate ¹  for a fool; ²  how much less for a servant to rule over princes! ³ 

Then the Lord said to me, “Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah. ¹ 

And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, ¹  worth less than a penny.

and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, ¹ 

“God does not really live on the earth! ¹  Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! ¹ 

Indeed, a large vineyard ¹  will produce just a few gallons, ²  and enough seed to yield several bushels ³  will produce less than a bushel.” ⁴ 

Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ¹  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

To me – less than the least of all the saints ¹  – this grace was given, ²  to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ

what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy ¹  the whole city because five are lacking?” ²  He replied, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”