THE GOSPEL ACCORDING to S. Matthew. Chapter 11

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CHAP. XI.

2 Iohn sendeth his disciples to Christ. 7 Christs testimonie concerning Iohn. 18 The opinion of the people, both concerning Iohn, and Christ. 20 Christ vpbraideth the vnthankfulnesse, and vnrepentance of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum: 25 and praising his fathers wisedome in reueiling the Gospel to the simple, 28 hee calleth to him all such as feele the burden of their sinnes.

¹And it came to passe, when Iesus had made an end of commaunding his twelue Disciples, hee departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

²Now when Iohn had heard in the prison the workes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,²

³And said vnto him, Art thou hee that should come? Or doe wee looke for another?

⁴Iesus answered and saide vnto them, Go and shew Iohn againe those things which we doe heare and see:

⁵The blind receiue their sight, and the lame walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore haue the Gospel preached to them.⁵

⁶And blessed is he, whoseouer shal not be offended in me.

⁷¶ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitudes concerning Iohn, what went ye out into the wildernesse to see? a reede shaken with the winde?

⁸But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft cloathing, are in kings houses.

⁹But what went ye out for to see? A Prophet? yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.

¹⁰For this is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.¹⁰

¹¹Uerely I say vnto you, Among them that are borne of women, there hath not risen a greater then Iohn the Baptist: notwithstanding, hee that is least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

¹²And from the dayes of Iohn the Baptist, vntill now, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.¹²

¹³For all the Prophets, and the Law prophecied vntill Iohn.

¹⁴And if ye wil receiue it, this is Elias which was for to come.¹⁴

¹⁵Hee that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

¹⁶¶ But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto children, sitting in the markets, and calling vnto their fellowes,¹⁶

¹⁷And saying, we haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not danced: wee haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.

¹⁸For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, he hath a deuill.

¹⁹The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a wine bibber, a friend of publicanes and sinners: but wisedom is iustified of her children.

²⁰¶ Then began he to vpbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.²⁰

²¹Woe vnto thee Chorazin, woe vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were done in you, had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haue repented long agoe in sackcloth and ashes.

²²But I say vnto you, It shall bee more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

²³And thou Capernaum, which art exalted vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: For if the mighty works which haue beene done in thee, had bin done in Sodome, it would haue remained vntil this day.

²⁴But I say vnto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in þ^e day of iudgment, then for thee.

²⁵¶ At that time Iesus answered, and said, I thanke thee, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things frō the wise & prudent, & hast reueiled them vnto babes.²⁵

²⁶Euen so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight.

²⁷All things are deliuered vnto me of my father: and no man knoweth the sonne but the father: neither knoweth any man the father, saue the sonne, and hee to whomsoeuer the sonne will reueile him.²⁷

²⁸¶ Come vnto me all yee that labour, and are heauy laden, and I will giue you rest.

²⁹Take my yoke vpon you, and learne of me, for I am meeke and lowly in heart: and yee shall find rest vnto your soules.²⁹

³⁰For my yoke is easie, and my burden is light.³⁰

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Matthew Chapter 11

² Luk. 7. 18
⁵ Esai. 35. 6 , Esai. 61.1
¹⁰ Mala. 3. 1.
¹² Luk. 16. 16. , Or, is gotten by force, and they that thrust men.
¹⁴ Mala. 4. 5.
¹⁶ Luk. 7. 31
²⁰ Luke 10. 13.
²⁵ Luke 10. 11.
²⁷ Iohn 3. 35. , Iohn 6. 46.
²⁹ Iere. 6. 16.
³⁰ 1.Iohn 5. 3.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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