Matthew:11

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* When Jesus finished telling his twelve disciples what to do , he left that place . He went to teach and tell Gods word to people in the towns around there . * John was in prison . He heard what Christ was doing . So he sent two of his disciples to him . * He asked , Are you the one who will come ? Or shall we wait for another person ? * Jesus answered them , Go and tell John what you hear and see . * Blind people see . Lame people walk . People with leprosy are healed . People who could not hear , can hear . Dead people are made alive . Poor people hear the good news . * Anyone who is not troubled in his heart about me , will be happy . * When Johns disciples went away , Jesus began to talk to people about John . He said , What did you go out into the wilderness to see ? Did you go out to see a tall grass moved by the wind ? * What did you go out to see ? A man wearing fine clothes ? People who wear fine clothes live in kings houses . * Why did you go out ? To see a prophet of God ? Yes , I tell you , and he is much more than a prophet . * He is the man the holy writings tell about . "See , I send my messenger ahead of you . He will make the way ready for you ." * I tell you the truth . No one has ever been born who is greater than John the Baptizer . And yet the smallest one in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he . * From the time of John until now , people try hard to break into the kingdom of heaven . And strong people take hold of it . * All the prophets and the books of the law gave Gods word until John came . * If you will believe it , this man is the Elijah who would come . * Everyone who has ears , listen . * What shall I say that the people of today are like ? They are like children who sit in the market . They call to the other children . * They say , "We played music for you , but you did not dance . We cried , but you did not cry ." * John came . He does not eat or drink much . People say , "He has a bad spirit in him !" * The Son of Man came . He eats and drinks . People say , "This man eats and drinks too much ! He is a friend with tax collectors and bad people !" But a man is proved to be wise by what he has done . * Then Jesus began to talk about the towns where he had done most of his big works . He said hard things about the people , because they did not stop their wrong ways and turn back to God . * He said , Chorazin ! You will have trouble ! Bethsaida ! You will have trouble ! If the big works I did in you had been done in the cities of Tyre and Sidon , the people there would have stopped their wrong ways long ago . They would wear the clothes people wear to show they are sad . They would sit in ashes . * But I tell you , on the day when people are judged , you will be punished harder than the people from the cities of Tyre and Sidon . * Capernaum , will you be lifted up to the sky ? No , you will go down to death . If the big things I did in you had been done in the city of Sodom , it would be standing now . * But I tell you , on the day when people are judged you will be punished harder than the people from Sodom . * Then Jesus said , Father , you are Lord of heaven and earth . I thank you because you have hidden these things from people who are wise and know many things . But you have shown them to people who are like children . * Yes , Father , that was the way you wanted it . * He said , My Father has given everything to me . No one knows who the Son is but the Father . No one knows who the Father is but the Son and those to whom the Son wants to show him . * All you who work hard ! All you who carry heavy loads ! Come to me ! I will give you rest . * Do what I tell you . Learn what I teach you . I am gentle . I am not proud . Then your hearts will rest . * What I tell you to do is easy . What I give you to carry is not heavy .

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