Matthew:11:1-19
geneva@Matthew:11:1 @ And (note:)Christ shows by his works that he is the promised Messiah.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of Of instructing them with precepts. commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in The disciples' cities, that is to say, in Galilee, where many of them were born; (Act_2:7). their cities.
geneva@Matthew:11:2 @ And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,
geneva@Matthew:11:3 @ Art thou he that shoulde come, or shal we looke for another?
geneva@Matthew:11:4 @ And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Goe, and shewe Iohn, what things ye heare, and see.
geneva@Matthew:11:5 @ The blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel.
geneva@Matthew:11:6 @ And blessed is he that shal not be offeded in me.
geneva@Matthew:11:7 @
geneva@Matthew:11:8 @ But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.
geneva@Matthew:11:9 @ But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.
geneva@Matthew:11:10 @ For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
geneva@Matthew:11:11 @ Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the (note:)In the new state of the Church where the true glory of God shines: the people are not compared together, but the types of doctrines, the preaching of John with the law and the prophets: and again, the most clear preaching of the gospel is compared with John's.(:note) kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
geneva@Matthew:11:12 @ And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
geneva@Matthew:11:13 @ For all the prophets and the law (note:)They prophesied of things to come, which are now present, and clearly and plainly seen.(:note) prophesied until John.
geneva@Matthew:11:14 @ And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come.
geneva@Matthew:11:15 @ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
geneva@Matthew:11:16 @
geneva@Matthew:11:17 @ And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.
geneva@Matthew:11:18 @ For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill.
geneva@Matthew:11:19 @ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. (note:)That which the many refuse, the elect and chosen embrace.(:note) But Wise men acknowledge the wisdom of the gospel when they receive it. wisdom is justified of her children.
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