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Matthew 11
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Matthew 11
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Jesus and John the Baptist(A)
11 After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples,(B) he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.[a]
2 When John,(C) who was in prison,(D) heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples 3 to ask him, “Are you the one who is to come,(E) or should we expect someone else?”
4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: 5 The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[b] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(F) 6 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”(G)
7 As John’s(H) disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness(I) to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 8 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ palaces. 9 Then what did you go out to see? A prophet?(J) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 This is the one about whom it is written:
11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subjected to violence,[d] and violent people have been raiding it. 13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.(M) 14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.(N) 15 Whoever has ears, let them hear.(O)
16 “To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
17 “‘We played the pipe for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not mourn.’
18 For John came neither eating(P) nor drinking,(Q) and they say, ‘He has a demon.’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’(R) But wisdom is proved right by her deeds.”
Woe on Unrepentant Towns(S)
20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!(T) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,(U) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(V) 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.(W) 23 And you, Capernaum,(X) will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[e](Y) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”(Z)
The Father Revealed in the Son(AA)
25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father,(AB) Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.(AC) 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
27 “All things have been committed to me(AD) by my Father.(AE) No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.(AF)
28 “Come to me,(AG) all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(AH) 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,(AI) for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.(AJ) 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”(AK)
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:1 Greek in their towns
- Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
- Matthew 11:10 Mal. 3:1
- Matthew 11:12 Or been forcefully advancing
- Matthew 11:23 That is, the realm of the dead
Mateo 11
Dios Habla Hoy
Mateo 11
Dios Habla Hoy
11 Cuando Jesús terminó de dar instrucciones a sus doce discípulos, se fue de allí a enseñar y anunciar el mensaje en los pueblos de aquella región.
Los enviados de Juan el Bautista(A)
2 Juan, que estaba en la cárcel, tuvo noticias de lo que Cristo estaba haciendo. Entonces envió algunos de sus seguidores 3 a que le preguntaran si él era de veras el que había de venir, o si debían esperar a otro.
4 Jesús les contestó: «Vayan y díganle a Juan lo que están viendo y oyendo. 5 Cuéntenle que los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios de su enfermedad, los sordos oyen, los muertos vuelven a la vida y a los pobres se les anuncia la buena noticia. 6 ¡Y dichoso aquel que no encuentre en mí motivo de tropiezo!»
7 Cuando ellos se fueron, Jesús comenzó a hablar a la gente acerca de Juan, diciendo: «¿Qué salieron ustedes a ver al desierto? ¿Una caña sacudida por el viento? 8 Y si no, ¿qué salieron a ver? ¿Un hombre vestido lujosamente? Ustedes saben que los que se visten lujosamente están en las casas de los reyes. 9 En fin, ¿a qué salieron? ¿A ver a un profeta? Sí, de veras, y a uno que es mucho más que profeta. 10 Juan es aquel de quien dice la Escritura:
»“Yo envío mi mensajero delante de ti,
para que te prepare el camino.”
11 Les aseguro que, entre todos los hombres, ninguno ha sido más grande que Juan el Bautista; y, sin embargo, el más pequeño en el reino de los cielos es más grande que él.
12 »Desde que vino Juan el Bautista hasta ahora, el reino de los cielos sufre violencia, y los que usan la fuerza pretenden acabar con él. 13 Todos los profetas y la ley fueron sólo un anuncio del reino, hasta que vino Juan; 14 y, si ustedes quieren aceptar esto, Juan es el profeta Elías que había de venir. 15 Los que tienen oídos, oigan.
16 »¿A qué compararé la gente de este tiempo? Se parece a los niños que se sientan a jugar en las plazas y gritan a sus compañeros: 17 “Tocamos la flauta, pero ustedes no bailaron; cantamos canciones tristes, pero ustedes no lloraron.” 18 Porque vino Juan, que ni come ni bebe, y dicen que tiene un demonio. 19 Luego ha venido el Hijo del hombre, que come y bebe, y dicen que es glotón y bebedor, amigo de gente de mala fama y de los que cobran impuestos para Roma. Pero la sabiduría de Dios se demuestra por sus resultados.»
Reproches contra las ciudades incrédulas(B)
20 Entonces Jesús comenzó a reprender a los pueblos donde había hecho la mayor parte de sus milagros, porque no se habían vuelto a Dios. Decía Jesús: 21 «¡Ay de ti, Corazín! ¡Ay de ti, Betsaida! Porque si en Tiro y Sidón se hubieran hecho los milagros que se han hecho entre ustedes, ya hace tiempo que se habrían vuelto a Dios, cubiertos de ropas ásperas y ceniza. 22 Pero les digo que en el día del juicio el castigo para ustedes será peor que para la gente de Tiro y Sidón. 23 Y tú, Cafarnaúm, ¿crees que serás levantado hasta el cielo? ¡Bajarás hasta lo más hondo del abismo! Porque si en Sodoma se hubieran hecho los milagros que se han hecho en ti, esa ciudad habría permanecido hasta el día de hoy. 24 Pero les digo que en el día del juicio el castigo para ti será peor que para la región de Sodoma.»
Sólo el Hijo sabe quién es el Padre(C)
25 En aquel tiempo, Jesús dijo: «Te alabo, Padre, Señor del cielo y de la tierra, porque has mostrado a los sencillos las cosas que escondiste de los sabios y entendidos. 26 Sí, Padre, porque así lo has querido.
27 »Mi Padre me ha entregado todas las cosas. Nadie conoce realmente al Hijo, sino el Padre; y nadie conoce realmente al Padre, sino el Hijo y aquellos a quienes el Hijo quiera darlo a conocer. 28 Vengan a mí todos ustedes que están cansados de sus trabajos y cargas, y yo los haré descansar. 29 Acepten el yugo que les pongo, y aprendan de mí, que soy paciente y de corazón humilde; así encontrarán descanso. 30 Porque el yugo que les pongo y la carga que les doy a llevar son ligeros.»
Matthew 11
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Matthew 11
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 When Jesus had finished His charge to His twelve disciples, He left there to teach and to preach in their [Galilean] cities.
2 Now when John in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent a message by his disciples
3 And asked Him, Are You the One Who was to come, or should we keep on expecting a different one?(A)
4 And Jesus replied to them, Go and report to John what you hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed (by healing) and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have good news (the Gospel) preached to them.(B)
6 And blessed (happy, fortunate, and [a]to be envied) is he who takes no offense at Me and finds no cause for stumbling in or through Me and is not hindered from seeing the Truth.
7 Then as these men went their way, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out in the wilderness (desert) to see? A reed swayed by the wind?
8 What did you go out to see then? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings.
9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [[b]out of the common, more eminent, more remarkable, and] [c]superior to a prophet.
10 This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who shall make ready Your way before You.(C)
11 Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize—a [d]share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion].
13 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied up until John.
14 And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom].(D)
15 He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and [e]perceive and comprehend by hearing.
16 But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates,
17 We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud.
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, He has a demon!
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and [[f]especially wicked] sinners! Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by what she does (her deeds) and by [g]her children.
20 Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed].
21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes [and their hearts would have been changed].
22 I tell you [further], it shall be more endurable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, are you to be lifted up to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades [the region of the dead]! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today.
24 But I tell you, it shall be more endurable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.
25 At that time Jesus began to say, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [and [h]I acknowledge openly and joyfully to Your honor], that You have hidden these things from the wise and clever and learned, and revealed them to babies [to the [i]childish, untaught, and unskilled].
26 Yes, Father, [I praise You that] such was Your gracious will and good pleasure.
27 All things have been entrusted and delivered to Me by My Father; and no one [j]fully knows and [k]accurately understands the Son except the Father, and no one [l]fully knows and [m]accurately understands the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son [n]deliberately wills to make Him known.
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will [o]ease and relieve and [p]refresh [q]your souls.]
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest ([r]relief and ease and refreshment and [s]recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.(E)
30 For My yoke is wholesome (useful, [t]good—not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.
Footnotes
- Matthew 11:6 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:9 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:9 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:12 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:15 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:19 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:19 Many manuscripts read “children” here, as in Luke 7:35.
- Matthew 11:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:25 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:27 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:27 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
- Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:27 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:28 William Tyndale, The Tyndale Bible.
- Matthew 11:28 John Wycliffe, The Wycliffe Bible.
- Matthew 11:28 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:29 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:29 Joseph Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon.
- Matthew 11:30 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary.
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