Matthew 11:6

Maybe I’m not the sort of person you thought God would send, but just trust me anyway, and God will make you happy.”

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

In Context

5Some people were blind, but now they can see. Some people were crippled, but now they can walk. Some people had a bad skin sickness, but now their skin is good again. Some people were deaf, but now they can hear. Some people were dead, but now they are alive again. And tell John that you heard us telling the good news to poor people.

7Then the followers of John went away, and Jesus started to talk to all the people. He talked to them about John. He said, “You know, you went out into the bush to see John. What sort of man did you think you would see? You didn’t go out there to see a man that is weak, like grass that goes any way the wind pushes it.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:1People that live the right way are really happy. If people tell them to do bad things, they don’t listen. And they don’t copy the things that bad people do. And they don’t rubbish God the way bad people do.

Matthew 5:3Jesus said, “Some people know that they need God very much. All right, God will take those people into his family, and they will be really happy.

Luke 2:34Then Simeon asked God to be good to them, and he said to Mary, “This kid is going to ruin a lot of people in Israel, but he will help a lot of others. He will point people to God, but they will not understand, and they will argue against him.

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 →

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