Jesus used the expression “Something greater than ______ is here” three times in the Gospel of Matthew:
Matthew 12:6 “…something greater than the temple is here.”
Matthew 12:41 “…something greater than Jonah is here.”
Matthew 12:42 “…something greater than Solomon is here.
Paul used an expression with similar meaning:
1 Corinthians 13:10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
This is the way of God: When He does something greater, the lesser becomes obsolete.
As it says in Hebrews:
Hebrew 8:13 When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete…
Therefore, when God does a new thing, let us not keep clinging to the old thing.
Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, unless otherwise noted.