Matthew 11

¹Matthew 11:1. After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.²Matthew 11:2. Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples³Matthew 11:3. to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”⁴Matthew 11:4. Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:⁵Matthew 11:5. The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.⁶Matthew 11:6. Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”⁷Matthew 11:7. As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?⁸Matthew 11:8. Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.⁹Matthew 11:9. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.¹⁰Matthew 11:10. This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’¹¹Matthew 11:11. Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.¹²Matthew 11:12. From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.¹³Matthew 11:13. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.¹⁴Matthew 11:14. And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.¹⁵Matthew 11:15. He who has ears, let him hear.

¹⁶Matthew 11:16. To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:¹⁷Matthew 11:17. ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’¹⁸Matthew 11:18. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’¹⁹Matthew 11:19. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”²⁰Matthew 11:20. Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.²¹Matthew 11:21. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.²²Matthew 11:22. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.²³Matthew 11:23. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.²⁴Matthew 11:24. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

²⁵Matthew 11:25. At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.²⁶Matthew 11:26. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.²⁷Matthew 11:27. All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.²⁸Matthew 11:28. Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.²⁹Matthew 11:29. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.³⁰Matthew 11:30. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”