Matthew 11:1 - Plain English Version

¹ Jesus finished talking to his 12 special workers, then he went around the towns in Galilee country. He talked to people and taught them more about God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN JESUS had finished His charge to His twelve disciples, He left there to teach and to preach in their [Galilean] cities.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

Common English Bible

¹ When Jesus finished teaching his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And it happened that, when Jesus had completed instructing his twelve disciples, he went away from there in order to teach and to preach in their cities.

Matthew 11:1 Cross References

Matthew 28:20

You have to teach them to do everything that I told you to do. And remember this, I will be with you all the time. I will be with you to help you, right up until the time when this world will finish.”

Matthew 4:23

After that, Jesus went through all of Galilee country. He taught people in the Jewish meeting houses, and he told them the good news about God’s family. And he made a lot of sick people better. They had all sorts of sickness.

Matthew 7:28

Then Jesus finished talking to that big mob of people. They were really surprised as they listened to what he told them.

Mark 6:12

So his special workers went to other towns, and they told everyone to turn around, to change their lives, and to come back to God’s way.

Luke 23:5

The Jewish leaders kept on blaming Jesus. They told Pilate, “He gets people everywhere to go wild. He started to do that in Galilee country, then in Judea country, and now he is doing it here in Jerusalem.”

Luke 8:1

After that, Jesus went around to a lot of different towns. In each town he told the people God’s good news. He said, “God wants to have you in his family.” He took his 12 special workers with him.

John 15:10

I always do what my father wants me to do, and he keeps on loving me. In the same way, if you keep on doing what I told you to do, I will keep on loving you.

John 15:14

Well, if you do what I tell you to do, you are my friends. I love my friends a lot, and I am ready to die to save you.

Acts 1:2

He kept on doing those things, and the Holy Spirit helped him tell his special workers the things they had to do. After that, God took Jesus up to heaven.

Acts 10:38

Then God gave Jesus the Holy Spirit, and he gave him power to do his special work. Jesus was from a town called Nazareth, and he went everywhere doing good things. Some people were sick, and the devil, the boss over the bad spirits, was giving them big trouble. But Jesus made them all better. You see, God was with him.

Acts 10:42

Jesus told us to tell them that one day he will be the judge of everybody. It will be like God will take everybody into a big court, and Jesus will be the judge. He will judge everybody that is alive, and he will judge everybody that is dead too.

1 Thessalonians 4:2

You know the things that we told you to do. Our leader, Jesus, got us to tell you those things.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

Remember what we told you about people that don’t want to work. We told you not to give them food. We said, “If they will not do any work, don’t give them any food.”

2 Thessalonians 3:6

Listen, Christian friends, Jesus Christ, our leader, wants us to tell you this. If anyone says they are a Christian, but they sit down and never want to do any work, you have to keep away from that person. Remember when we were with you. Think about what we were like. We didn’t sit around doing nothing. And we told you, “Don’t be lazy.” We want you to live the way we lived when we were with you.