Matthew 11

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When Jesus finished giving these instructions, He went to teach in the cities the disciples would go to. Jesus prepares the cities and the hearts of the people that He instructs us to listen to. We do not have to teach about Him alone, He has already been there, and His Spirit is still within us.

John the Baptist, still in prison, hears about what Jesus is doing, so he sends two disciples to ask Jesus if He is the one coming or if they should wait for someone else. Jesus responds that they need only look around and listen. The blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the sick are healed, the dead live and the poor hear the Good News. Anyone who keeps faith in Jesus will be saved.

Jesus talks about John the Baptist. He asks people why they went out into the desert where John had lived. Was it as meaningless as watching tall grass blow? Was it as elegant as seeing people in fine clothes? It couldn't be that one because those people live in palaces. Was it to see a prophet? John the Baptist was more than a prophet. Jesus tells the crowd that Scripture speaks directly of John, and that John is the greatest man to ever be born. Even still, the least person in Heaven is still greater than John. Jesus shows His frustration with the people there because John came neither eating nor drinking and they said he was demon possessed. Jesus came eating and drinking, and the people called Him a drink and a glutton. People are never satisfied by who God gives to them, you cannot please men.

Jesus condemns some of the cities that He has already visited. He tells Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum that they are cursed because they listened to Jesus but still did not change their ways. Sodom will fair out better than them on Judgement day.

Jesus praises God for revealing His mysteries to those considered unrighteous because they will accept and have faith. God tells all who are burdened to come to Him, and He will give them rest and make their burdens light.