Matthew 11:7
And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me.
Cross References
Matthew 3:1And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,
Matthew 21:25The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?
Luke 3:3And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,
Luke 8:18Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.
John 5:35That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.
Ephesians 4:14So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:2-7
John's Disciples Come to Christ. 1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are… Read the whole commentary →