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Matthew 11:7

But when they were gone, Jeshu began to speak to the assembly concerning Juchanon: What went you forth into the waste to see? a reed that by the wind was shaken?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

In Context

6and blessed is he who shall not be offended with me.

8And if not, what went you forth to see? a man clothed in soft vestments? Behold, they who are softly clothed are in the house of kings.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:1NOW in those days came Juchanon the Baptizer preaching in the desert of Jehud,

Matthew 21:25The baptism of Juchanon, whence is it, from heaven or from men? But they thought within themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven, he saith to us, Why did ye not believe him?

Luke 3:3And he came into the whole country about the Jurdan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Luke 8:18Take heed how you hear: for unto him who hath, it shall be given; and from him who hath not, that also which he thinketh that he hath shall be taken from him.

John 5:35He was a lamp that burneth and shineth, and you were willing to glory for the hour in his light.

Ephesians 4:14and that we be no children, agitated and altered by every wind of fraudulent doctrines of men, which in their craftiness they fabricate deceptively in order to seduce,

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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