Matthew 11:27
Everything has been committed to me by my Father; nor does any one 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.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
26Yes, Father, I thank thee that this has seemed good to thee.
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 thus: “All authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.
John 1:18No man 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 thou gavest him power over all mankind, that he should give Immortal Life to all those whom thou has 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 →