Matthew 11:7

A Conservative Version

And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Cross References

James 1:6

But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by wind and tossed about.

John 5:35

That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.

Ephesians 4:14

So that we may no longer be childish, tossed about and carried about by every wind of doctrine by the trickery of men in craftiness with the methodology of error.

Genesis 49:4

Boiling over as water, thou shall not have the pre-eminence, because thou went up to thy father's bed, then thou defiled it; he went up to my couch.

Luke 8:18

Notice therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him will be given, and whoever has not, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.

Matthew 21:25

The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?

Matthew 3:5

Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region of the Jordan went out to him,

John 1:38

And Jesus having turned, and having seen them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which says, being interpreted, Teacher), where do thou dwell?

Matthew 11:8

But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses.

Matthew 12:20

A bruised reed he will not break, and smoldering flax he will not quench, until he sends forth justice for victory.