The Gospel According to
Matthew 11
30 verses≈ 5 min2 peopleBSB
Images are artistic interpretations.
Tap any post to go deeper
In this chapter
John’s Inquiry
After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
Tap to go deeper: meaning, history and related Scripture
Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
John’s disciples
to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
Jesus
Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Jesus Testifies about John
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist
Matthew 11:11
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it. For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
He who has ears, let him hear.
The one sent ahead
Whiteboard
Matthew keeps showing Scripture coming true. The prophets promised a messenger who would come first, and Jesus says John is that man. If the messenger has arrived, the King he announced is already here.
Question
Quick question
Jesus asked the crowds three times what they had gone out into the wilderness to see.
Who did Jesus say John was?
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:
‘We played the flute for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not mourn.’
a friend of tax collectors and sinners
Matthew 11:19
Woe to the Unrepentant
Stylised map · locations approximate
Where it happened
Towns by the lake
Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum sat within a few miles of each other at the north end of the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus did most of His miracles.
Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
Reflect
Seen it all before
Capernaum was where Jesus made His home in Galilee. It and the towns around it saw most of His miracles, and still did not repent. Familiarity can make us numb. Where have you grown used to Jesus? What would it look like to turn to Him again today?
Rest for the Weary
At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
0:25
Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain
revealed them to little children
Matthew 11:25
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
I am gentle and humble in heart
Matthew 11:29
Pray
Come and rest
Jesus says, “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened.” Name the weight you are carrying today. Hand it to Him in prayer, and ask Him to teach you His way, because He is “gentle and humble in heart.”
You’ve experienced
Matthew 11
0 of 28 chapters read
A verse to carry with you
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
or swipe left