Summary: <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Matthew 11:7-19. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-117-19/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-117-19/</a>.</strong></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23467" class="text Matt-11-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: <span class="woj">“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23468" class="text Matt-11-8"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23469" class="text Matt-11-9"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>What then did you go out to see? A prophet?Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23470" class="text Matt-11-10"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>This is he of whom it is written,</span></span></p> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span class="text Matt-11-10"><span class="woj">“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-11-10"><span class="woj">who will prepare your way before you.’</span></span></span></p> </div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"><span id="en-ESV-23471" class="text Matt-11-11"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23472" class="text Matt-11-12"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23473" class="text Matt-11-13"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">13 </sup>For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23474" class="text Matt-11-14"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">14 </sup>and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.</span></span> <span id="en-ESV-23475" class="text Matt-11-15"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">15 </sup>He who has ears to hear, let him hear.</span></span></p> <p><span id="en-ESV-23476" class="text Matt-11-16"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">16 </sup>“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their playmates,</span></span></p> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-23477" class="text Matt-11-17"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>“‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Matt-11-17"><span class="woj">we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’</span></span></span></p> </div> <p class="first-line-none top-1"><span id="en-ESV-23478" class="text Matt-11-18"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’</span></span><span id="en-ESV-23479" class="text Matt-11-19"><span class="woj"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”</span></span></p> <p><strong>What do you think? </strong><br> <strong>Comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-117-19/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/matthew-117-</a></strong></p>
