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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 GWT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">GWT</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">GOD'S WORD® Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After Jesus finished giving his twelve disciples these instructions, he moved on from there to teach his message in their cities.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When John was in prison, he heard about the things Christ had done. So he sent his disciples <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to ask Jesus, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for someone else?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answered John's disciples, "Go back, and tell John what you hear and see: <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Blind people see again, lame people are walking, those with skin diseases are made clean, deaf people hear again, dead people are brought back to life, and poor people hear the Good News. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Whoever doesn't lose his faith in me is indeed blessed."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As they were leaving, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. "What did you go into the desert to see? Tall grass swaying in the wind? <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Really, what did you go to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Those who wear fine clothes are in royal palaces. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>"Really, what did you go to see? A prophet? Let me tell you that he is far more than a prophet.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>John is the one about whom Scripture says, 'I'm sending my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way in front of you.'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"I can guarantee this truth: Of all the people ever born, no one is greater than John the Baptizer. Yet, the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than John. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the time of John the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful people have been seizing it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>All the Prophets and Moses' Teachings prophesied up to the time of John. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If you are willing to accept their message, John is the Elijah who was to come. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Let the person who has ears listen!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>"How can I describe the people who are living now? They are like children who sit in the marketplaces and shout to other children, <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>'We played music for you, but you didn't dance. We sang a funeral song, but you didn't show any sadness.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>"John came neither eating nor drinking, and people say, 'There's a demon in him!' <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and people say, 'Look at him! He's a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' "Yet, wisdom is proved right by its actions."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Jesus denounced the cities where he had worked most of his miracles because they had not changed the way they thought and acted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>"How horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in you had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted long ago in sackcloth and ashes. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Tyre and Sidon than for you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go down to hell! If the miracles that had been worked in you had been worked in Sodom, it would still be there today. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I can guarantee that judgment day will be better for Sodom than for you."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from wise and intelligent people and revealing them to little children. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Yes, Father, this is what pleased you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>"My Father has turned everything over to me. Only the Father knows the Son. And no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>"Come to me, all who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest. <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Place my yoke over your shoulders, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble. Then you will find rest for yourselves <span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>because my yoke is easy and my burden is light."</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of <a href="//www.godsword.org" target="_top">God's Word to the Nations</a>. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. 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