Matthew 11:25
At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.
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In The King James Version
In Context
26It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.
Cross References
Genesis 14:19Therefore he blessed him, saying, Blessed art thou, Abram, of God most high possessour of heauen and earth,
Deuteronomy 10:14Beholde, heauen, and the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.
1 Samuel 3:4Then the Lord called Samuel: and hee said, Here I am.
1 Chronicles 29:13Now therefore our God, we thanke thee, and prayse thy glorious Name.
Isaiah 5:21Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight.
Isaiah 29:18And in that day shall the deafe heare the wordes of the booke, and the eyes of the blinde shall see out of obscuritie, and out of darkenesse.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 11:17-25
Christ Reproaches Chorazin, &c.. 16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of… Read the whole commentary →