CINXE.COM

<!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 Literal Standard Version</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" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/11-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass, when Jesus finished directing His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>said to Him, “Are You He who is coming, or do we look for another?” <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Jesus answering said to them, “Having gone, declare to John the things that you hear and see, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and blessed is he who may not be stumbled in Me.”<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out to the wilderness to view? A reed shaken by the wind? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those wearing the soft things are in the kings’ houses. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for this is he of whom it has been written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Truly I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, [one] greater than John the Immerser, but he who is least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and violent men seize it by force, <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 receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come; <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>he who is having ears to hear—let him hear.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And to what will I liken this generation? It is like little children in marketplaces, sitting and calling to others, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we lamented to you, and you did not strike the breast. <A name="19"></a><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, Behold, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners; and wisdom was justified of her children.”<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then He began to reproach the cities in which were done most of His mighty works, because they did not convert. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had converted; <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it will be more tolerable in [the] day of judgment than for you. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And you, Capernaum, which were exalted to Heaven, will be brought down to Hades, because if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it had remained to this day; <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it will be more tolerable in [the] day of judgment than to you.”<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At that time Jesus answering said, “I confess to You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, that You hid these things from wise and understanding ones, and revealed them to babies. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before You. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>All things were delivered to Me by My Father, and none know the Son, except the Father, nor does any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may resolve to reveal [Him].<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Come to Me, all you laboring and burdened ones, 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 up My yoke on you, and learn from Me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you will find rest to 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><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. Used by permission.<br><a href="https://lsvbible.com">www.lsvbible.com</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../matthew/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Matthew 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Matthew 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../matthew/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Matthew 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Matthew 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>