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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Matthew 11 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/matthew/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/matthew/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Matthew 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../matthew/10.htm" title="Matthew 10">◄</a> Matthew 11 <a href="../matthew/12.htm" title="Matthew 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Messengers from John the Baptist</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 7:18-35">Luke 7.18-35</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_1"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.1" class="v40_11_1">1</span>When Jesus finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he left that place and went off to teach and preach in the towns near there.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_2"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.2" class="v40_11_2">2</span>When John the Baptist heard in prison about the things that Christ was doing, he sent some of his disciples to him. </span><span class="v40_11_3"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.3" class="v40_11_3">3</span>“Tell us,” they asked Jesus, “are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_4"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.4" class="v40_11_4">4</span>Jesus answered, “Go back and tell John what you are hearing and seeing: </span><span class="v40_11_5"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.5" class="v40_11_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean,<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.5!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the deaf hear, the dead are brought back to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. </span><span class="v40_11_6"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.6" class="v40_11_6">6</span>How happy are those who have no doubts about me!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_7"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.7" class="v40_11_7">7</span>While John's disciples were leaving, Jesus spoke about him to the crowds: “When you went out to John in the desert, what did you expect to see? A blade of grass bending in the wind? </span><span class="v40_11_8"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.8" class="v40_11_8">8</span>What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that live in palaces! </span><span class="v40_11_9"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.9" class="v40_11_9">9</span>Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet. </span><span class="v40_11_10"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.10" class="v40_11_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> For John is the one of whom the scripture says: ‘God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’ </span><span class="v40_11_11"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.11" class="v40_11_11">11</span>I assure you that John the Baptist is greater than anyone who has ever lived. But the one who is least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than John. </span><span class="v40_11_12"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.12" class="v40_11_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> From the time John preached his message until this very day the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violent attacks,<a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.12!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and violent men try to seize it. </span><span class="v40_11_13"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.13" class="v40_11_13">13</span>Until the time of John all the prophets and the Law of Moses spoke about the Kingdom; </span><span class="v40_11_14"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.14" class="v40_11_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted. </span><span class="v40_11_15"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.15" class="v40_11_15">15</span>Listen, then, if you have ears!</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_16"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.16" class="v40_11_16">16</span>“Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, </span><span class="v40_11_17"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.17" class="v40_11_17">17</span>‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’ </span><span class="v40_11_18"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.18" class="v40_11_18">18</span>When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, ‘He has a demon in him!’ </span><span class="v40_11_19"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.19" class="v40_11_19">19</span>When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results.”</span></p><h3 class="s">The Unbelieving Towns</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 10:13-15">Luke 10.13-15</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_20"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.20" class="v40_11_20">20</span>The people in the towns where Jesus had performed most of his miracles did not turn from their sins, so he reproached those towns. </span><span class="v40_11_21"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.21" class="v40_11_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins! </span><span class="v40_11_22"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.22" class="v40_11_22">22</span>I assure you that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to the people of Tyre and Sidon than to you! </span><span class="v40_11_23"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.23" class="v40_11_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would still be in existence today! </span><span class="v40_11_24"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.24" class="v40_11_24">24</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.24!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You can be sure that on the Judgment Day God will show more mercy to Sodom than to you!”</span></p><h3 class="s">Come to Me and Rest</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="LUK 10:21">Luke 10.21</ref>,<ref loc="LUK 10:22">22</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_25"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.25" class="v40_11_25">25</span>At that time Jesus said, “Father, Lord of heaven and earth! I thank you because you have shown to the unlearned what you have hidden from the wise and learned. </span><span class="v40_11_26"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.26" class="v40_11_26">26</span>Yes, Father, this was how you were pleased to have it happen.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_27"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.27" class="v40_11_27">27</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.27!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v40_11_28"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.28" class="v40_11_28">28</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.28!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. </span><span class="v40_11_29"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.29" class="v40_11_29">29</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Matt.11.29!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest. </span><span class="v40_11_30"><span class="reftext" id="Matt.11.30" class="v40_11_30">30</span>For the yoke I will give you is easy, and the load I will put on you is light.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.5: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">made clean: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See 8.2.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">11.12: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">has suffered violent attacks; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">has been coming violently.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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