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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 Mace New Testament</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="../">Mace</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">Mace New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/matthew/11-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </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><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When Jesus had made an end of giving his twelve disciples their instructions, he departed thence to go and preach to the Jews in their cities:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>in the mean time John having heard in his confinement of the actions of Christ, he sent two of his disciples to ask him, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>art thou he that was to come, or must we expect another? <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Jesus answered them, go and relate to John, what you hear and what you see: <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>and happy is he who does not stumble at my appearance.<p> <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus Testifies about John<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../luke/7.htm#24">Luke 7:24–35</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As they departed, Jesus said to the people, speaking of John, what did ye go to see in the desert? a reed shaken with the wind? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>what did ye go to see? a man dress'd in rich apparel? why, they that are so array'd belong to the court: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>or did you go to see a prophet? yes, and be assured, one superiour to a prophet.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for it is he that is meant in that passage, "behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee."<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I declare unto you, among the whole race of prophets, there never appear'd a greater than John the Baptist: (notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of the <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Messiah is greater than he.) for ever since the appearance of John the Baptist the gospel kingdom is as it were invaded, and people of the most violent passions enter into it with zeal. <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 were your guides, till the coming of John. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and if ye will believe me, he is the Elias that was to come. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>he that hath 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>but to what shall I compare this generation? they are like children sitting in the markets, and calling out to their fellows, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>"if we play a merry tune, you are not for dancing; if we act a mournful part, you are not in the humour." <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>so John came with fasting and abstinence, and they say, he is mad. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>the son of man does not abstain from eating and drinking, and they cry there's a glutton, and a sot, a friend of publicans and sinners: "but wisdom is justified by her children."<p> <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><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he began to upbraid the towns where most of his miracles were wrought, for their not being converts. <A name="22"></a><span class="red"><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done 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>I declare unto you, Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity at the day of judgment than you. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be brought to destruction: for if the miracles which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have subsisted even to this day. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>I tell you likewise, that in the day of judgment, Sodom shall be treated with less severity than you.<p> <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><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>At the same time Jesus, continuing his discourses, said, "I thank thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth, for having revealed unto babes what thou hast hid from the wise and prudent. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>even so it is, father, for such has been thy will. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>my father has instructed me in every thing: and no one knoweth the son, except the father: nor does any one know the father, except the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him."<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Believe in me, all ye that labour under oppression, and I will give you relief. <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 to be meek like me, and of an humble temper: and ye shall enjoy tranquillity of mind. <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">Daniel Mace New Testament (1729)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</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>