Matthew 11:25

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Matthew 11:25

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Summary

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.

Jesus

Luke 10:21

Lord

Because

And hast

General references

Colossians 1:19

Bible References

Jesus

In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.

Lord

He blessed him and said:

Abram is blessed by God Most High,
Creator of heaven and earth,

The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.

Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord:

Lord God of Israel who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are God—You alone—of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.

This is what the Lord says:

Heaven is My throne,
and earth is My footstool.
What house could you possibly build for Me?
And what place could be My home?

All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing,
and He does what He wants with the army of heaven
and the inhabitants of the earth.
There is no one who can hold back His hand
or say to Him, “What have You done?”

The God who made the world and everything in it—He is Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in shrines made by hands.

Because

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

Woe to those who are wise in their own opinion
and clever in their own sight.

For the Lord has poured out on you
an overwhelming urge to sleep;
He has shut your eyes—the prophets,
and covered your heads—the seers.

When He was alone with the Twelve, those who were around Him asked Him about the parables.

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”

But this was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet, who said:

Lord, who has believed our message?
And who has the arm

of the Lord

been revealed to?

as it is written:

God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,

eyes that cannot see
and ears that cannot hear,
to this day.

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is God’s power to us who are being saved.

However, we do speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

but their minds were closed.

For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.

But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

And hast

And Jesus responded, “Simon son of Jonah,

you are blessed because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father in heaven.

“I assure you,” He said, “unless you are converted and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”

“Yes,” Jesus told them. “Have you never read:

You have prepared

praise

from the mouths of children and nursing infants?”

The boy Samuel served in the Lord’s presence and wore a linen ephod.

Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”

Because of Your adversaries,
You have established a stronghold
from the mouths of children and nursing infants
to silence the enemy and the avenger.

I chose you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart before you were born.
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

When Jesus saw it, He was indignant and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me. Don’t stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

General references

You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore You will not honor them.

“Whoever is inexperienced, enter here!”
To the one who lacks sense, she says,

“For as heaven is higher than earth,
so My ways are higher than your ways,
and My thoughts than your thoughts.

Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

So then it does not depend on human will or effort

but on God who shows mercy.

Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong.

For God was pleased to have
all His fullness dwell in Him,