Verse 7
Matthew 11:7
Young's Literal Translation
7
And as they are going, Yashua (Jesus) began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?
Original Language Text
greek
Τούτων δὲ πορευομένων ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου· Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον;
English Translation
As they were going, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out to see in the wilderness? A reed shaken by the wind?
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Chapter 11 Context
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And it came to pass, when Yashua (Jesus) ended directing his twelve disciples, he departed thence to...
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And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,
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said to him, 'Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering said to them, 'Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and...
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blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor ha...
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and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'
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And as they are going, Yashua (Jesus) began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye...
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'But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things a...
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'But what went ye out to see? -- a prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet,
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for this is he of whom it hath been written, Lo, I do send My messenger before thy face, who shall p...
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Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptis...
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'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and...
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for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,
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and if ye are willing to receive [it], he is Elijah who was about to come;
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he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.
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'And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and...
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and saying, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance, we lamented to you, and ye did not smite the br...
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'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;
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the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a f...
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Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did n...
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'Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the migh...
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but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.
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'And thou, Capernaum, which unto the heaven wast exalted, unto hades shalt be brought down, because...
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but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than to thee....
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At that time Yashua (Jesus) answering said, 'I do confess to Thee, Father, Lord of the heavens and o...
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Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before Thee.
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'All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor do...
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'Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,
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take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall fin...
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for my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.'
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