Verse 8
Matthew 11:8
Literal Standard Version
8
But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those wearing the soft things are in the kings’ houses.
Original Language Text
greek
ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν ⸀μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν ⸀βασιλέων ⸀εἰσίν.
English Translation
But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.
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Chapter 11 Context
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And it came to pass, when Yashua (Jesus) finished directing His twelve disciples, He departed from t...
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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, “Are You He who is coming, or do we look for another?”
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And Yashua (Jesus) answering said to them, “Having gone, declare to John the things that you hear an...
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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 blessed 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 did you...
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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those wearing the soft thing...
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But what did you go 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 has been written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will p...
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Truly I say to you, there has not risen, among those born of women, one greater than John the Immers...
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And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of the heavens suffers violence, and v...
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for all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,
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and if you 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 will I liken this generation? It is like little children in marketplaces, sitting and ca...
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and saying, We piped to you, and you did not dance, we lamented to you, and you did not strike the b...
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For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon;
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the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker,...
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Then He began to reproach the cities in which were done most of His mighty works, because they did n...
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“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! Because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty...
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but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it will be more tolerable in the day of judgment than for you.
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And you, Capernaum, which were exalted to Heaven, will be brought down to Hades, because if the migh...
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but I say to you, to the land of Sodom it will be more tolerable in the day of judgment than to you....
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At that time Yashua (Jesus) answering said, “I confess to You, Father, Lord of the heavens and of th...
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Yes, Father, because so it was good pleasure before You.
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All things were delivered to Me by My Father, and none know the Son, except the Father, nor does any...
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Come to Me, all you laboring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest;
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take up My yoke on you, and learn from Me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and you will find...
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for My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”
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