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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/matthew/">Matthew</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/matthew/11.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/matthew/11.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/matthew/11.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/matthew/11.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/matthew/11.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/matthew/11.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/matthew/11.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">John’s Inquiry<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/7.htm#18">Luke 7:18–23</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus replied, <span class="red">“Go back and report to John what you hear and see: <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>”</span> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Testifies about John<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3:1–5</a>; <a href ="../luke/7.htm#24">Luke 7:24–35</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: <span class="red">“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>This is the one about whom it is written:</span> <p class="indent1stlinered">‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, <p class="indentred2"> who will prepare Your way before You.’<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="12"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> and the violent lay claim to it. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <A name="16"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>He who has ears,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> let him hear. <A name="17"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1stlinered"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘We played the flute for you, <p class="indentred2"> and you did not dance; <p class="indentred1"> we sang a dirge, <p class="indentred2"> and you did not mourn.’ <A name="19"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.” <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Woe to the Unrepentant<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/10.htm#13">Luke 10:13–16</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. <A name="22"></a><span class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.</span> <A name="24"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” <A name="26"></a><p class="hdg">Rest for the Weary<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/10.htm#21">Luke 10:21–24</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At that time Jesus declared, <span class="red">“I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.</span> <A name="28"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. 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. <A name="29"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, in the towns of Galilee<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> BYZ and TR <i>he sent two of his disciples</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> A <i>leper</i><span class="thin"> </span> was one afflicted with a skin disease. See <a href="../leviticus/13.htm">Leviticus 13</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>who is not offended by Me</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <a href="../malachi/3.htm">Malachi 3:1</a><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>has been forcefully advancing</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> See <a href="../malachi/4.htm#5">Malachi 4:5</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> BYZ and TR <i>ears to hear</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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