Matthew 11 (WK) - Bible Truth Library

Library Home>Matthew 11 (WK)

Verse 24

Go

Verse 26

Articles on

Matthew 11

Matt. 11:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

+

25

Atd 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 babese.

d

Luke 10:21• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father; for thus hath it been well-pleasing in thy sight. (Luke 10:21)

,etc.

e

Psa. 8:2• ²From the mouth of children and sucklings hast thou ordained praise{HR}Because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the revenger. (Psa. 8:2)

;

Jer. 1:7‑8• ⁷But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
⁸Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 1:7‑8)

;

1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)

More on:

+

Babes,

Earth,

Father,

Heaven,

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+

Jesus.

Luke 10:21‑24• ²¹In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father; for thus hath it been well-pleasing in thy sight.
²²All things have been delivered to me by my Father, and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son is pleased to reveal [him].
²³And having turned to the disciples, privately he said, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.
²⁴For I say unto you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye behold, and did not see [them]; and to hear the things which ye behold, and did not hear [them]. (Luke 10:21‑24)

I thank.

1 Chron. 29:13• ¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. (1 Chron. 29:13)

;

Dan. 2:23• ²³I thank thee, and I praise thee, O God of my fathers, Who hast given me wisdom and might, And hast made known unto me already what we desired of thee; For thou hast made known unto us the king's matter. (Dan. 2:23)

;

John 11:41• ⁴¹They took away therefore the stone; and Jesus lifted his eyes upward, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heardest me. (John 11:41)

;

2 Thess. 2:13‑14• ¹³But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of [the] Lord, that God chose you from [the] beginning unto salvation in sanctification of [the] Spirit and belief of [the] truth;
¹⁴whereunto he called you by our gospel unto obtaining of [the] glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thess. 2:13‑14)

Lord.

Gen. 14:19,22• ¹⁹And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth.
²²And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand to Jehovah, the Most High God, possessor of heavens and earth, (Gen. 14:19,22)

;

Deut. 10:14‑15• ¹⁴Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.
¹⁵Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day. (Deut. 10:14‑15)

;

2 Kings 19:15• ¹⁵And Hezekiah prayed before Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. (2 Kings 19:15)

;

Isa. 66:1• ¹Thus saith Jehovah, the heavens [are] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: what [is] the house that ye will build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest? (Isa. 66:1)

;

Dan. 4:35• ³⁵And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Dan. 4:35)

;

Acts 17:24• ²⁴The God that made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands. (Acts 17:24)

because.

Matt. 13:11‑16• ¹¹And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;
¹²for whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall be caused to be in abundance; but he who has not, even what he has shall be taken away from him.
¹³For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
¹⁴and in them is filled up the prophecy of Esaias, which says, Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand, and beholding ye shall behold and not see;
¹⁵for the heart of this people has grown fat, and they have heard heavily with their ears, and they have closed their eyes as asleep, lest they should see with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
¹⁶But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear; (Matt. 13:11‑16)

;

Isa. 5:21• ²¹Woe unto [them that are] wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! (Isa. 5:21)

;

Isa. 29:10‑14,18‑19• ¹⁰For Jehovah hath poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers, hath he covered.
¹¹And all the vision is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which they deliver to one that can read, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed.
¹²And the book is delivered to him that cannot read, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot read.
¹³And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment taught of men:
¹⁴therefore, behold, I will proceed to do marvelously among this people, to do marvelously even with wonder; and the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent ones shall be hid.
¹⁸And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity and out of darkness the eyes of the blind shall see;
¹⁹and the meek shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the needy among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 29:10‑14,18‑19)

;

Mark 4:10‑12• ¹⁰And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parables.
¹¹And he said unto them, Unto you it is given [to know] the mystery of the kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all things are done in parables:
¹²that beholding they may behold, and not see; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest it may be they should be converted, and they should be forgiven. (Mark 4:10‑12)

;

John 7:48‑49• ⁴⁸Did anyone of the rulers believe on him, or of the Pharisees?
⁴⁹But this crowd that knoweth not the law, they are accursed. (John 7:48‑49)

;

John 9:39‑41• ³⁹And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, that they that see not may see, and they that see may become blind.
⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees that were with him heard these things , and said to him, Are we blind also?
⁴¹Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would not have sin; but now ye say, We see, your sin remaineth. (John 9:39‑41)

;

John 12:38‑40• ³⁸that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he said might be fulfilled. Jehovah, who believed our report? and to whom was Jehovah's arm revealed?
³⁹On this account they could not believe because Isaiah said again,
⁴⁰He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them. (John 12:38‑40)

;

Rom. 11:8‑10• ⁸even as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of slumber, eyes so as not to see, and ears so as not to hear, until this day.”
⁹And David saith, “Let their table be for a snare and for a trap and for a stumblingblock and for a recompense to them:
¹⁰let their eyes be darkened so as not to see, and their back ever bend thou down.” (Rom. 11:8‑10)

;

1 Cor. 1:18‑29• ¹⁸For the word of the cross is to those that perish foolishness, but to us that are to be saved it is God's power.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and put away the understanding of the understanding ones.
²⁰Where [is the] wise? where scribe? where disputer of this age? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
²¹For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the preaching to save those that believe;
²²since both Jews ask for signs and Greeks seek wisdom;
²³but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling-block, and to Gentiles foolishness,
²⁴but to those that [are] called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ God's power and God's wisdom;
²⁵because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
²⁶For look at your calling, brethren, that not many [are] wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many high-born.
²⁷But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things;
²⁸and the low-born things of the world and those despised God chose, [and] the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are,
²⁹so that no flesh should boast before God. (1 Cor. 1:18‑29)

;

1 Cor. 2:6‑8• ⁶But we speak wisdom among the full-grown, but wisdom not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age that come to nought.
⁷But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden [wisdom] which God pre-determined before the ages for our glory;
⁸which none of the rulers of the age knew (for, had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory), (1 Cor. 2:6‑8)

;

1 Cor. 3:18‑20• ¹⁸Let none deceive himself; if anyone thinketh himself to be wise among you in this age, let him become foolish that he may be wise.
¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God; for it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness;
²⁰and again, [The] Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:18‑20)

;

2 Cor. 3:14• ¹⁴But their thoughts were darkened; for until this very day the same veil at the reading of the old covenant abideth unlifted, which in Christ is done away. (2 Cor. 3:14)

;

2 Cor. 4:3‑6• ³But if even our gospel is veiled, in those that perish it is veiled,
⁴in whom the god of this age blinded the minds of the faithless, that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is [the] image of God, should not shine forth.
⁵For not ourselves do we preach, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake,
⁶because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:3‑6)

and hast.

Matt. 16:17• ¹⁷And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens. (Matt. 16:17)

;

Matt. 18:3‑4• ³and said, Verily I say to you, Unless ye are converted and become as little children, ye will not at all enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
⁴Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of the heavens; (Matt. 18:3‑4)

;

Matt. 21:16• ¹⁶and said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus says to them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? (Matt. 21:16)

;

1 Sam. 2:18• ¹⁸And Samuel ministered before Jehovah, a boy girded with a linen ephod. (1 Sam. 2:18)

;

1 Sam. 3:4‑21• ⁴And Jehovah called Samuel. And he said, Here am I.
⁵And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call: lie down again. And he went and lay down.
⁶And Jehovah called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I did not call, my son: lie down again.
⁷Now Samuel did not yet know Jehovah, neither had the word of Jehovah yet been revealed to him.
⁸And Jehovah called again the third time, Samuel! And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And Eli perceived that Jehovah was calling the boy.
⁹And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, Jehovah, for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
¹⁰And Jehovah came, and stood, and called as at the other times, Samuel, Samuel! And Samuel said, Speak, for thy servant heareth.
¹¹And Jehovah said to Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of everyone that heareth it shall tingle.
¹²In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house; I will begin and make an end.
¹³For I have declared to him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he hath known: because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
¹⁴And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be expiated with sacrifice or oblation forever.
¹⁵And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Jehovah. And Samuel feared to declare the vision to Eli.
¹⁶And Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he said, Here am I.
¹⁷And he said, What is the word that he has spoken to thee? I pray thee, keep it not back from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou keep back anything from me of all the word that he spoke to thee.
¹⁸And Samuel told him all the words, and kept nothing back from him. And he said, It is Jehovah: let him do what is good in his sight.
¹⁹And Samuel grew, and Jehovah was with him, and let none of his words fall to the ground.
²⁰And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established a prophet of Jehovah.
²¹And Jehovah appeared again at Shiloh; for Jehovah revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Jehovah. (1 Sam. 3:4‑21)

;

Psa. 8:2• ²From the mouth of children and sucklings hast thou ordained praise{HR}Because of thine adversaries, to still the enemy and the revenger. (Psa. 8:2)

;

Jer. 1:5‑8• ⁵Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
⁶And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
⁷But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
⁸Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 1:5‑8)

;

Mark 10:14‑16• ¹⁴But when Jesus saw [it], he was indignant, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.
¹⁵Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall in no wise enter therein.
¹⁶And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. (Mark 10:14‑16)

;

1 Cor. 1:27• ²⁷But the foolish things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God chose that he might put to shame the strong things; (1 Cor. 1:27)

• Hopes not limited to the earth now, but God looked to as Lord of heaven and earth — sovereign over all things. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

• {v.25-27} The throne of Israel may be refused Him; the Jews may reject, the leaders despise Him: all this may be, but what is the result? Not merely what was promised to David or Solomon, but "All things are delivered unto Me of My Father." (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

• Refuse Him in His earthly dignity, and He only shines in His heavenly one; despise Him as a man, and He is manifestly God. (“Remarks on Matthew 11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

+

25

At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

W. Kelly Translation

+

25

At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

WK Verse Note

+

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)