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Matthew 11:6 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.” "
Matthew 11:6
Verse in Context
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4 Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
5 the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”
7 As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.
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Matthew 11:1
"When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities."
Matthew 11:2
"Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples"
Matthew 11:3
"and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”"
Matthew 11:4
"Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:"
Matthew 11:5
"the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them."
Matthew 11:7
"As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?"
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