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UST MAT Chapter 11

MAT 11 ©

11So, Jesus completed instructing his 12 apprentices about what they should do. Then, he left that place in order to proclaim the good news to people in the towns throughout the area.

2Meanwhile, John the Baptizer was in jail. People told him about what Jesus the Messiah was doing. So, he sent some of his apprentices 3to ask Jesus, “Are you the one whom God promised would come, or should we be waiting for someone else?” 4So Jesus answered John’s apprentices, “Go back and tell John what you have heard and seen. 5People who were blind are now seeing. People who could not walk are now walking. People who had skin diseases no longer have them. People who were deaf can now hear. People who were dead are alive again. I am proclaiming good news to poor people. 6God will bless anyone who sees what I do and hears what I teach and continues to believe in me.”

7When John’s apprentices left, Jesus started to talk to the large groups of people about John. He said, “Surely you did not travel to John in the desolate area to see someone who often changed his mind, who was like the thin stalk of a plant that the wind shakes. 8Surely you did not travel to the desolate area to see someone who wore fancy clothes. You know very well that the people who wear fancy clothes live in palaces, not in desolate areas. 9Surely you traveled to the desolate area to see a man who spoke for God. Yes, that is who John is! But I want to tell you that John is more significant than other people who speak for God. 10He is the one about whom a prophet wrote in the Scriptures:

‘Listen, I am sending my messenger ahead of you. He will make things ready for when you come.’

11Of all the people who have ever lived, there has been no one more important than John the Baptizer. However, the most insignificant people who participate in God’s heavenly kingdom are more important than John. What I have said is true. 12From the time when John the Baptizer began to preach publicly until this time, people have attacked God’s heavenly kingdom. Indeed, violent people try to conquer it. 13Further, before John began to preach, the laws that God gave Moses and the things that the prophets wrote predicted what is now happening. 14In fact, if you trust what I say, you can know that John is the one whom God promised would come, the one who is like the prophet Elijah. 15You should think carefully about what you just heard me say!

16I will tell you what you people who live in this time period are like. You are like children playing games in an open area. They call out to their friends, 17‘We played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not grieve!’ 18Similarly, when John came to you and often did not eat or drink, people rejected him and said, ‘A demon is controlling him!’ 19But when I, the Son of Man, came to you and I enjoyed food and drink, people rejected me and said, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with people who collect taxes and other sinful people!’ But those who are wise themselves recognize that what John and I do is also wise.”

20Now people who lived in the towns where Jesus had done many powerful things did not stop doing what was wrong. So, Jesus began to scold them: 21“How terrible it will be for you people who live in the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida! I say this because I did powerful things while I was in your cities. If I had done those same powerful things in the ancient cities of Tyre and Sidon, the wicked people who lived there would have stopped doing what was wrong. They would have shown how sorry they were by wearing coarse clothing and putting ashes on their heads. 22So I want to tell you that when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon. 23I also have something to say to you people who live in the town of Capernaum. You may think that God is going to give you great rewards. No, God is not going to reward you at all! I say this because I did powerful things while I was in your town. If I had done those same powerful things in the city of Sodom, the wicked people who lived there would have stopped doing what was wrong, and God would not have destroyed them. 24So I want to tell you that when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in the region of Sodom.

25Then Jesus responded by praying, “God my Father, you are Lord over everything you have made. I praise you that you have prevented people who think they are smart from understanding things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept what you say as readily as little children do. 26That is true, my Father, and you have done that because it pleased you to do so.

27God, my Father, has given everything to me. Only my Father really knows me, his Son. And only I, his Son, really know my Father. But I do choose to show some people who he is. 28Many of you feel tired and are struggling. Become my apprentices! I will enable you to rest. 29I am not forceful or proud, and I will help you to rest. So, do what I command and listen to what I teach. 30I say that because you can easily do what I command. Indeed, you can easily do what I ask you to do.

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