mnt - Matthew:11:1-19

mnt@Matthew:11:1 @ After finishing his instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus left that place, in order to teach and to preach in the neighboring cities.

mnt@Matthew:11:2 @ But when Johnheard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

mnt@Matthew:11:3 @ "Are you the Coming One, or are we to look for someone else?"

mnt@Matthew:11:4 @ "Go and tell John," was Jesus answer, "what you hear and see;

mnt@Matthew:11:5 @ "the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.

mnt@Matthew:11:6 @ "And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

mnt@Matthew:11:7 @ As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

mnt@Matthew:11:8 @ "What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings palaces!

mnt@Matthew:11:9 @ "But why did you go? To see a prophet? I tell you, yes, and more than a prophet;

mnt@Matthew:11:10 @ "for this is he of whom it is written. "Behold, I send my messenger before my face, And he will prepare thy road for thee.

mnt@Matthew:11:11 @ "In solemn truth I tell you that there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than Johnthe Baptist; yet one of the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

mnt@Matthew:11:12 @ "From the days of Johnthe Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by storm.

mnt@Matthew:11:13 @ "For the prophets and the Law prophesied until John;

mnt@Matthew:11:14 @ "and, if you are willing to receive it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

mnt@Matthew:11:15 @ "Let all who have ears, listen!

mnt@Matthew:11:16 @ "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like little children sitting in the market-place, who call to the other children,

mnt@Matthew:11:17 @ "saying. We have piped to you and you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not beaten your breasts.

mnt@Matthew:11:18 @ "For Johncame neither eating nor drinking, and they said, He has a demon;

mnt@Matthew:11:19 @ and the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners! Nevertheless, Wisdom is justified by her deeds."