Matthew 11:26

New Century Version

Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.

Cross References

Job 33:13

Why do you accuse God of not answering anyone?

Isaiah 46:10

From the beginning I told you what would happen in the end. A long time ago I told you things that have not yet happened. When I plan something, it happens. What I want to do, I will do.

Luke 10:21

Then Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the people who are wise and smart. But you have shown them to those who are like little children. Yes, Father, this is what you really wanted.

Luke 22:42

“Father, if you are willing, take away this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want.”

Luke 23:34

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they don’t know what they are doing.” The soldiers threw lots to decide who would get his clothes.

John 11:41

So they moved the stone away from the entrance. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me.

John 12:27

“Now I am very troubled. Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this time’? No, I came to this time so I could suffer.

John 12:28

Father, bring glory to your name!” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have brought glory to it, and I will do it again.”

Romans 9:18

So God shows mercy where he wants to show mercy, and he makes stubborn the people he wants to make stubborn.

Ephesians 1:11

In Christ we were chosen to be God’s people, because from the very beginning God had decided this in keeping with his plan. And he is the One who makes everything agree with what he decides and wants.

Ephesians 1:9

let us know his secret purpose. This was what God wanted, and he planned to do it through Christ.

Ephesians 3:11

This agrees with the purpose God had since the beginning of time, and he carried out his plan through Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Timothy 1:9

saved us and made us his holy people. That was not because of anything we did ourselves but because of God’s purpose and grace. That grace was given to us through Christ Jesus before time began,