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Matthew 11:11 used as the hinge between the two births. We are all born of this flesh, which is called Cain, or Ishmael, or Esau, or John the Baptist - and the most perfect of those born of woman is not equal to the least in the kingdom, which is born from above. It is not a judgement on anyone's conduct but a statement about two orders of birth, and everyone in the world is going to be born from above.
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Matthew 11:11 | the most perfect born of woman is not equal to the least in the kingdom that is born from above