Thematic Bible
Matthew 11:1 (show verse)
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:
Matthew 11:2 (show verse)
in the mean time John having heard in his confinement of the actions of Christ, he sent two of his disciples to ask him,
Matthew 11:3 (show verse)
art thou he that was to come, or must we expect another?
Matthew 11:4 (show verse)
Jesus answered them, go and relate to John, what you hear and what you see:
Matthew 11:5 (show verse)
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.
Matthew 11:6 (show verse)
and happy is he who does not stumble at my appearance.
Matthew 11:7 (show verse)
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?
Matthew 11:8 (show verse)
what did ye go to see? a man dress'd in rich apparel? why, they that are so array'd belong to the court:
Matthew 11:9 (show verse)
or did you go to see a prophet? yes, and be assured, one superiour to a prophet.
Matthew 11:10 (show verse)
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."
Matthew 11:11 (show verse)
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
Matthew 11:12 (show verse)
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.
Matthew 11:13 (show verse)
for all the prophets and the law were your guides, till the coming of John.
Matthew 11:14 (show verse)
and if ye will believe me, he is the Elias that was to come.
Matthew 11:15 (show verse)
he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 11:16 (show verse)
but to what shall I compare this generation? they are like children sitting in the markets, and calling out to their fellows,
Matthew 11:17 (show verse)
"if we play a merry tune, you are not for dancing; if we act a mournful part, you are not in the humour."
Matthew 11:18 (show verse)
so John came with fasting and abstinence, and they say, he is mad.
Matthew 11:19 (show verse)
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."
Matthew 11:20 (show verse)
Then he began to upbraid the towns where most of his miracles were wrought, for their not being converts.
Matthew 11:21 (show verse)
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.
Matthew 11:22 (show verse)
I declare unto you, Tyre and Sidon shall be treated with less severity at the day of judgment than you.
Matthew 11:23 (show verse)
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.
Matthew 11:24 (show verse)
I tell you likewise, that in the day of judgment, Sodom shall be treated with less severity than you.
Matthew 11:25 (show verse)
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.
Matthew 11:26 (show verse)
even so it is, father, for such has been thy will.
Matthew 11:27 (show verse)
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."
Matthew 11:28 (show verse)
Believe in me, all ye that labour under oppression, and I will give you relief.
Matthew 11:29 (show verse)
take my yoke upon you, and learn to be meek like me, and of an humble temper: and ye shall enjoy tranquillity of mind.
Matthew 11:30 (show verse)
for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.