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Matthew 11:7

As these men started to go away, Jesus began to speak to the throngs, about John.

Montgomery New Testament

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

6"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

8"What did you go out into the desert to behold?" he asked; "A reed shaken by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment dwell in kings’ palaces!

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Cross References

Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea;

Matthew 21:25John’s baptism, whence was it, from heaven or from man?" So they began debating about it among themselves.

Luke 3:3And Johnwent into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Luke 8:18"Take heed, then, how you listen. for he who has, to him shall it be given, but from him who has not, shall be taken away even what he has."

John 5:35"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining - and you were willing for a time rejoice in his light.

Ephesians 4:14So we shall no longer be children, tossed up and down, and blown about by every wind of teaching, tricked by the craft of men in the snares of misleading 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 →

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