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What was the relationship between The Queen of Sheba and Jesus?

Jesus said that the queen of the south came from the ends of the earth to hear Solomon. And that someone greater than Solomon was there. Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31

What the Bible says

Matthew 12:42

The queen of the south shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a greater than Solomon here.

Luke 11:31

The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold more than Solomon here.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.

What the Church teaches

The Catechism says that only because Jesus is God can he say that he is “greater than Solomon.”

Catechism 590 · Catechism of the Catholic Church

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