Matthew 11

Matthew 11:1

• When Jesus
• After Jesus
• Jesus

• had finished
• finished

• instructing
• giving
• telling
• giving these instructions to
• directing
• giving orders to
• commanding
• teaching

• His twelve
• his twelve

• disciples,
• Disciples,
• disciples
• disciples these instructions
• disciples these instructions,

• He
• he

• went on from there to
• moved on from there to
• departed from there to
• went on to

• teach and
• teach and to

• preach in
• proclaim his message in

• their

• towns.
• cities.

Matthew 11:2

• When John
• John
• When John the Baptist

• was in

• prison.
• prison,
• prison when
• prison. When

• He
• he

• heard what

• Christ
• Jesus

• was
• had

• doing,
• doing.
• doing and
• doing, and

• He
• he

• sent
• sent some of
• sent two of

• his disciples to

• him,
• him.
• him

Matthew 11:3

• “Are
• ‘Are

• you the one who is to come, or should

• we
• we to

• look for another?”

Matthew 11:4

• Jesus
• And Jesus

• answered them,
• answered them, ‘
• answered them, “
• answered, “
• answered, ‘
• answered and said to them, “
• replied to them,
• replied to them, “
• said to them, “
• said to them, ‘
• replied, “

• Go and
• Go back, and
• Go back and
• Go,
• Go

• tell
• report to

• John what you

• hear and
• have heard and

• see.
• see;
• see,
• see:
• see—
• seen—
• seen.
• seen:

Matthew 11:5

• The blind
• the blind

• receive their sight and the
• receive their sight, and the
• can see. The
• can see, the
• see, the
• receive sight and the
• receive their sight, the

• lame
• crippled can
• lame can

• walk.
• walk,
• walk; the
• walk, the

• lepers
• People with leprosy

• are
• are being

• cleansed and the
• cleansed, and the
• cleansed, the
• cured, the

• deaf

• hear; the
• hear. The
• hear, the
• hear, and the

• dead are

• raised, and the
• raised up, and the
• raised up and the
• raised to

• poor

• have
• have the

• good news
• gospel

• preached to
• proclaimed to
• is preached to the
• is proclaimed to the
• is told to the

• them.
• poor.
• poor;

Matthew 11:6

• and blessed
• And blessed
• Blessed

• is
• is the

• he who
• anyone who
• one who

• takes no
• does not
• finds no
• is not

• offense at
• offended by
• offended because of

• me.
• Me.”
• me.”
• me.’
• me!”
• me is blessed.”

Matthew 11:7

• As they
• As these men

• went
• were going

• away, Jesus began to speak to the

• crowds about
• people about
• crowd about

• John. “What
• John: “What
• John, “What
• John, ‘What
• John. He said, “What
• John. He said, ‘What

• did you

• go out into the
• go out to the
• go into the

• wilderness to
• desert to

• see? A
• look at? A

• reed,
• reed

• shaken by the
• swaying in the
• swayed by the

• wind?

Matthew 11:8

• What did
• But what did
• What then did
• Really, what did
• Then what did
• If not, what did

• you

• go out? To
• go out to
• expecting to

• see? A
• see?—a
• see a
• see?

• man
• Someone

• dressed in
• clothed in
• wearing
• dressed up in

• fine
• soft
• fancy

• clothing? Behold, those who
• clothes? Look, those who
• clothing? Those who
• clothes? No, those who
• clothes? Those who

• wear

• soft
• fine

• clothes
• clothing
• raiment

• are in
• live in

• kings’

• palaces!
• palaces.
• houses.

Matthew 11:9

• [Translation pending]

Matthew 11:10

• For this is
• This is

• he of whom
• he, of whom

• it is

• written:
• written: ‘
• written, ‘
• written, “‘
• written,

• Behold,
• Look,
• See,

• I

• am sending
• send
• will send
• ’m sending

• my
• My

• messenger before

• your
• Your

• face, Who
• face, who

• will
• shall

• prepare
• prepare the

• your
• Your

• way before
• way for

• You!’
• You.’
• You.
• you.’
• you.
• you.”

Matthew 11:11

• Truly
• Truly,

• I

• tell
• say to
• assure

• you, among those
• you: Among those

• born of women there has not

• arisen
• risen

• anyone greater than John the

• Baptist.
• Baptist!
• Baptist;

• Yet the one who
• yet the one who
• yet he who

• is least in the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• Heaven
• heaven

• is greater than

• he.
• John.
• he is!
• he is.

Matthew 11:12

• From the days of
• From the time of

• John the

• Baptist until
• Baptizer until

• now, the
• now the

• kingdom of
• Kingdom of

• Heaven
• heaven

• has been
• has suffered
• suffers
• has been subjected to

• violence, and the
• violence and the
• violence, and
• violence and
• forcefully advancing, and

• violent
• violent men

• take
• have been seizing
• are taking

• it by force.

Matthew 11:13

• For all the Prophets and the
• For all the prophets and the
• All the Prophets and the
• All the prophets and the

• law
• Law
• law of Moses

• prophesied until
• prophesied up to the

• John;
• John.
• John,
• time of John;
• time of John.
• John came.
• John came;
• John appeared.
• John appeared,

Matthew 11:14

• and if you
• And if you
• and—if you
• if you
• If you

• are
• will

• willing to accept
• believe
• willing to receive

• it—
• it,
• their message,

• he
• John

• is
• is the

• Elijah, who
• Elijah who
• Elijah, the one who

• is to
• was to

• come;
• come.

Matthew 11:15

• He who has
• Whoever has
• Anyone who has
• The one who has
• If you have

• ears,
• ears
• ears to

• hear, let
• should
• let
• then

• listen.
• listen!
• him hear!
• him hear.

Matthew 11:16

• “But to what shall
• But to what shall
• ‘How can
• “How can
• “But to what will
• But to what will
• “To what shall
• “To what should
• “To what can

• I

• compare this
• liken this

• generation?

• It
• it
• They

• is like
• are

• children
• like children
• like children who
• little children

• sitting in the
• sit in the

• market-places and
• marketplaces and
• marketplaces, who
• marketplaces who
• market places and

• call out to one another,

Matthew 11:17

• ‘We
• “‘We
• “We
• and “say, ‘We

• played the
• played

• flute for
• music for

• you. But you
• you, but you
• you and you
• you, and you

• did
• would

• not
• n’t

• dance;
• dance,
• dance!
• dance.

• we
• We

• sang a funeral

• song. But
• song, but

• you

• did
• would

• not
• n’t

• mourn.
• mourn.”
• mourn!
• mourn!”
• mourn.’
• cry.’
• cry!’
• cry.”
• lament.’

Matthew 11:18

• For John
• “John
• John

• came neither
• came and did

• eating nor
• not eat or

• drinking, and

• they
• people

• say, “
• say, ‘
• said, ‘
• said ‘

• Hehas a

• demon’;
• demon.
• demon.’
• demon!’
• demon in him’;
• demon in him!”
• demon in him!’

Matthew 11:19

• the Son of
• The Son of

• Man
• man

• came eating and

• drinking and
• drinking, and

• they
• people

• say, “
• say,
• say, ‘
• said, ‘

• Behold, a
• Look, a
• Here is a

• glutton and a
• gluttonous man and a

• drunkard, a
• drunk, a
• drinker, a
• winebibber, a

• friend of tax

• collectors and “
• collectors and

• sinners!’ But
• sinners.’ But
• sinners! And
• sinners, and

• wisdom is

• vindicated by
• justified by
• proved right by

• her
• its

• deeds.’
• deeds.”
• actions.”
• works.”
• works.
• children.”
• children.’
• results.’
• results.”

Matthew 11:20

• Then

• He
• he
• Jesus

• began to

• denounce the
• reproach the

• towns in which
• cities in which
• towns where

• most of

• his
• His

• miracles
• mighty works

• had been
• were

• done, because they

• did
• had

• not
• n’t

• repent:
• repent.
• repented:
• repented.
• change their lives and stop sinning.

Matthew 11:21

• “Woe to
• ‘Alas for
• “Alas for
• “How terrible

• you,
• it will be for you,

• Chorazin!
• Chorazin! How
• Korazin! How

• woe to
• Woe to
• terrible for
• Alas for

• you,

• Beth-saida! for if the
• Bethsaida! For, if the
• Bethsaida! For if the
• Bethsaida! If the

• miracles
• miracles that
• miracles which

• were done in
• done in
• were performed in

• you had been

• done in
• performed in

• Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:22

• But I
• but I
• Nevertheless I
• I

• tell
• say to

• you, it

• will
• shall

• be more

• tolerable for
• bearable for

• Tyre and

• Sidon on the
• Sidon in the

• day of judgment than for

• you.
• you!

Matthew 11:23

• “And you,
• And you,
• And as for you,

• Capernaum!
• Capernaum?
• Caperna-um,
• Capernaum: ‘
• Capernaum,

• Will
• will

• you
• you ‘

• be

• exalted to
• lifted up to
• lifted up to the
• honored in

• heaven? No,
• heaven? No!
• heaven,
• heaven’? ‘
• heaven?

• you
• You

• will
• shall

• be brought down to

• Hades. For if the
• Hades! For if the
• Hades; for if the

• miracles
• miracles that were

• done in
• done among
• performed in

• you had been

• done in
• done in the
• performed in

• Sodom.
• Sodom,
• city of Sodom,

• it
• It

• would

• have
• still be
• be
• still be a

• remained until
• remained until this
• remained to this
• city

• day.
• today.

Matthew 11:24

• But I
• but I
• Nevertheless I

• tell
• say to

• you that
• you
• you,

• it

• will
• shall

• be

• more tolerable for the
• more bearable for the
• better for the

• land of Sodom on the
• land of Sodom, on the
• land of Sodom in the
• region of Sodom on the

• day of

• judgment, than for
• judgment than for

• you.
• you!”
• you.”
• you.’
• Sodom.”

Matthew 11:25

• At that time
• At that time,

• Jesus

• said, “
• declared, “
• answered and said, “

• I

• praise
• thank

• you,
• You,

• Father, Lord of heaven and

• earth, because
• earth, that

• you
• You

• have hidden these
• hid these

• things from the wise and

• intelligent, and
• intelligent and
• learned and
• learned, and
• understanding, and
• understanding and
• clever and

• revealed
• revealing

• them to
• them to the

• little children.
• little children;
• infants;
• infants.
• childlike.
• child-like!
• babes.
• babes;

Matthew 11:26

• Yes, Father, this is what pleased

• you.
• You.

Matthew 11:27

• “All things
• All things
• “Everything
• Everything

• have
• has

• been

• handed over to
• entrusted to
• delivered to
• committed to

• Me by
• me by

• my
• My

• Father; and no
• Father, and no
• Father. No

• one knows the

• Son, except the
• Son except the
• son except the
• Son but the

• Father. And no
• Father, and no
• Father. And
• father, and

• one
• nobody

• knows the

• Father, except the
• Father except the

• Son, and
• Son and

• anyone to whom the Son

• chooses to
• wants to
• wishes to
• wills to
• may choose to
• desires to

• reveal
• make

• Him.
• him.
• him.”
• Him known.
• him known.

Matthew 11:28

• Come to
• “Come to
• ‘Come to

• me, all
• Me, all of
• me, all of
• me all of
• me, all who

• you who

• are tired and
• are weary and
• are tired from

• carrying
• are carrying
• have

• heavy

• loads and
• loads, and
• burdens, and
• loads.

• I will give you

• rest!
• rest.

Matthew 11:29

• Take
• Accept

• my
• My

• yoke upon you and
• yoke upon you, and
• yoke and
• yoke, and
• yoke on you, and
• yoke on you and
• teachings and

• learn from

• Me, for
• me; for
• me, for
• me!
• me.
• Me.
• me, because
• Me, because

• Iam gentle and

• humble in
• lowly in
• humble of

• heart; and
• heart, and
• spirit; and
• spirit, and
• spirit. And

• you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11:30

• For my
• for my
• For My
• My

• yoke is

• easy and
• easy, and
• easy to bear, and

• my
• My

• burden is
• load is
• burden

• light.
• light.”
• light.’
• not heavy.’
• not heavy.”