Matthew 11

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1. 1After Jesus finished giving instructions to his 12 disciples, he left that area to teach and preach in the surrounding cities.
2. 2John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about everything Christ was doing. So he sent 2 of his disciples
3. 3to ask Jesus, "Are you the one we've been waiting for, or should we be looking for someone else?"
4. 4Jesus told them, "Go back and tell John what you're hearing and seeing for yourselves:
5. 5Blind people are receiving their sight. The lame are walking. Lepers are being healed. The deaf can hear. The dead are being raised to life. And the poor are hearing the good news.
6. 6Blessed is anyone who is not offended by me.
7. 7As they left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, saying, “What did you go into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?”
8. 8No? Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? People who wear fine clothes live in palaces.
9. 9So what did you really go out to see? A prophet? Yes — and I tell you, he is far more than a prophet.
10. 10This is the one Scripture talks about when it says, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.'
11. 11I tell you the truth: no one ever born has been greater than John the Baptist. And yet even the least important person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is.
12. 12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence, and violent people take it by force.
13. 13For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
14. 14If you're willing to accept it, John is the Elijah who was prophesied to come.
15. 15If you have ears to hear, then listen carefully!
16. 16"What can I compare this generation to? They're like children sitting in the marketplace, calling out to each other,
17. 17'We played music for you, and you didn't dance! We sang funeral songs, and you didn't mourn!'
18. 18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a devil.'
19. 19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him—a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children.
20. 20Then Jesus began to call out the cities where he had performed most of his miracles, because they still refused to repent.
21. 21Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22. 22I tell you, on the day of judgment, Tyre and Sidon will be better off than you.
23. 23And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to hell. If the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.
24. 24I tell you, on the day of judgment, even the land of Sodom will be better off than you."
25. 25At that time, Jesus answered and said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to infants.”
26. 26Yes, Father, this is exactly what pleased you.
27. 27My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son — and anyone the Son chooses to reveal him to."
28. 28Come to me, all of you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart. You will find rest for your souls.
30. 30My yoke is easy, and my burden is light."