Matthew 11:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?

Cross References

Genesis 49:4

Unstable as water, you shall no longer excel because you went up onto your father’s bed; then you defiled it—you went up onto my couch!

Matthew 11:8

What, then, did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces.

Matthew 12:20

He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.

Matthew 21:25

Did the baptism of John come from heaven, or was it of human origin?” And they argued with one another, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why, then, did you not believe him?’

Matthew 3:5

Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region around the Jordan were going out to him,

Luke 8:18

So pay attention to how you listen, for to those who have, more will be given, and from those who do not have, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”

John 1:38

When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?”

John 5:35

He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

Ephesians 4:14

We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming;

James 1:6

But ask in faith, never doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.