Matthew 11:27
Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does anyone fully know the Son, except the Father, or fully know the Father, except the Son and those to whom the Son may choose to reveal him.
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In Context
26Yes, Father, I thank you that this has seemed good to you.
28Come to me, all you who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest!
Cross References
Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came up, and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.
John 1:18No one has ever yet seen God; God the only Son, who is ever with the Father – he has revealed him.
John 5:21For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
John 7:29I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his messenger.”
John 13:3and at supper, Jesus – although knowing that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was to return to God –
John 17:2even as you gave him power over all humanity, so that he should give eternal life to everyone you have given him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:26-30
Christ's Invitation to Burthened Souls. 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are… Read the whole commentary →