1 When Jesus had finished giving instructions to his twelve disciples, he left to go and teach and speak publicly in the nearby towns. 2 While John was in prison he heard what the Messiah was doing, so he sent his disciples 3 to ask on his behalf, “Are you the one we were expecting to come, or should we continue to look for someone else?” 4 Jesus answered them, “Go back and tell John what you hear and what you see. 5 The blind can see, the crippled can walk, the lepers are healed, the deaf can hear, the dead are resurrected, and the poor hear the good news. 6 Blessed are those who don't reject me!” 7 As they left, Jesus began to talk to the crowds about John. “What were you expecting to see when you went out into the desert? A reed tossed about by the wind? 8 So what did you go to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? People dressed like that live in kings' palaces. 9 So what did you go to see then? A prophet? Yes, and I tell you he is much more than a prophet! 10 He's the one this Scripture was written about: ‘I'm sending my messenger on ahead of you. He will prepare your way for you.’ 11 I tell you the truth, that among humanity there's no one greater than John the Baptist, but even the least important in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. 12 From the time of John the Baptist up till now the kingdom of heaven continues to be under attack, and violent people are trying to seize it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law spoke for God until John came. 14 If you're prepared to believe it, he is Elijah, the one who was expected to come. 15 Anybody with ears should be listening! 16 What shall I compare this generation to? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces shouting to each other, 17 ‘We played the flute for you and you didn't dance; we sang sad songs and you didn't cry.’ 18 John didn't come feasting and drinking, so people say, ‘He's devil-possessed!’ 19 On the other hand the Son of man came and did feast and drink, and people say, ‘Look, he's greedy and drinks too much; he's a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is shown to be right by what it does…” 20 Then he began to reprimand the towns where he'd done most of his miracles because they had not repented. 21 “Shame on you, Korazin! Shame on you, Bethsaida! If the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which happened among you, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago. 22 But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment it will be better for Tyre and Sidon than it will for you! 23 And what about you, Capernaum? Will you be exalted to heaven? No, you'll go down to Hades! If the miracles had been performed in Sodom which happened among you, Sodom would still be here today. 24 But I tell you that on the Day of Judgment it will be better for Sodom than it will for you!” 25 Then Jesus prayed, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for you've hidden these things from the clever and sophisticated. Instead you've revealed them to ordinary people. 26 Yes, Father, you were pleased to do this! 27 Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father, and no one really understands the Son, except the Father, and no one really understands the Father, except the Son, and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all of you who struggle and who are burdened down. I will give you rest. 29 Accept my yoke, and learn from me. For I am kind and have a humble heart, and in me you will find the rest you need. 30 For my yoke is gentle, and my burden is light.”
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Capernaum
A fishing and customs town on the Sea of Galilee where Jesus healed, taught, and called disciples. Its ruins include a 4th–5th c. synagogue built over an earlier one.
Citado en la guía: Matthew 4:13; Mark 2:1; Matthew 11:23
Referencias cruzadas (29)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaías 61:1–3; Hechos 10:38; Mateo 9:35; Lucas 8:1; Lucas 4:15–21
- 2 Mateo 14:3; Marcos 6:17; Mateo 4:12; Lucas 7:18–35; Mateo 9:14
- 3 Juan 11:27; Malaquías 3:1; Hebreos 10:37; Deuteronomio 18:15–18; Miqueas 5:2
- 5 Isaías 35:4–6; Isaías 61:1–3; Isaías 42:6–7; Lucas 4:18; Isaías 29:18
- 6 Isaías 8:14–15; 1 Corintios 2:14; Mateo 26:31; Juan 6:66; Lucas 11:27–28
- 7 Santiago 1:6; Juan 5:35; Lucas 8:18; Lucas 7:24–30; Efesios 4:14
- 8 Mateo 3:4; 2 Reyes 1:8; 2 Corintios 11:27; Zacarías 13:4; Isaías 20:2
- 9 Lucas 1:76; Mateo 14:5; Marcos 9:11–13; Mateo 17:12–13; Mateo 21:24–26
- 10 Malaquías 3:1; Isaías 40:3; Malaquías 4:5; Marcos 1:2; Lucas 7:26–27
- 11 Lucas 7:28; Efesios 3:8; Mateo 3:11; Juan 1:15; Mateo 5:19
- 12 Lucas 16:16; Lucas 13:24; Efesios 6:11–13; Filipenses 2:12; Juan 6:27
- 13 Mateo 5:17–18; Romanos 3:21; Hechos 3:22–24; Hechos 13:27; Lucas 24:44
- 14 Malaquías 4:5; Marcos 9:11–13; Mateo 17:10–13; Lucas 1:17; Juan 1:21–23
- 15 Mateo 13:9; Lucas 8:8; Marcos 4:23; Mateo 13:43; Marcos 4:9
- 16 Lucas 7:31–35; Mateo 23:36; Marcos 4:30; Mateo 12:34; Lucas 13:18
- 17 Isaías 28:9–13; Jeremías 9:17–20; Isaías 30:29; Mateo 9:15; Jeremías 31:4
- 18 Mateo 3:4; Lucas 1:15; Juan 10:20; Mateo 10:25; Juan 8:48
- 19 Mateo 9:10–11; Lucas 7:34–36; Lucas 15:1–2; Lucas 19:7; Lucas 5:29–30
- 20 Lucas 10:13–15; 2 Timoteo 2:25–26; Jeremías 8:6; Isaías 1:2–5; Apocalipsis 9:20–21
- 21 Ezequiel 3:6–7; Mateo 15:21; Hechos 12:20; Lucas 9:10; Juan 12:21
- 22 Mateo 11:24; Mateo 10:15; Hebreos 10:26–31; Lucas 12:47–48; Mateo 12:36
- 23 Isaías 14:13–15; Juan 4:46–54; Mateo 4:13; Génesis 13:13; Apocalipsis 11:8
- 24 Mateo 10:15; Mateo 11:22; Marcos 6:11; Lamentaciones 4:6; Lucas 10:12
- 25 Mateo 21:16; Salmo 8:2; Mateo 16:17; Lucas 10:21–24; 1 Corintios 1:18–29
- 26 Isaías 46:10; Efesios 3:11; 2 Timoteo 1:9; Lucas 10:21; Romanos 9:18
- 27 Juan 14:6–9; Mateo 28:18; Lucas 10:22; 2 Juan 9; Juan 17:25–26
- 28 Mateo 11:29; Juan 7:37; Juan 6:37; Gálatas 5:1; Isaías 55:1–3
- 29 Jeremías 6:16; 1 Juan 2:6; Filipenses 2:7–8; Juan 13:15; Lucas 6:46–48
- 30 1 Juan 5:3; Juan 16:33; Filipenses 4:13; 2 Corintios 12:9–10; Gálatas 5:1
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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The lesson of the Holy Gospel has set before us a question touching John the Baptist. May the Lord assist me to resolve it to you, as He hath resolved it to us.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
That is, after He had sent them, He proceeded to withdraw Himself, to give them room and opportunity to do what He had enjoined. For while He was present and healing, no one would be willing to approach them.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
… the Christ, because the Jews knew not what the Father was, and what the Son, in like manner accused them; and Himself said, "No one knoweth the Father, but the Son; nor the Son, but the Father, and they to whom the Son revealeth Him." Now the Word of God is His Son, as we have before said.
And again, when He said, "Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, and learn of Me," He announced the Father of truth.
"Because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes;" that they "that labour and are heavy laden" might "come" unto Him and He might refresh them, because He is "meek and lowly in heart." "The meek will He guide in judgment; and the meek will He teach His way;" looking upon our …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)