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Matthew 11:2

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1 After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

3 to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

4 Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
KJV
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
WEB
Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
ASV
Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples
DARBY
But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,
BLB
And John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent through his disciples,
ÅB
Men da Johannes hørte om Kristi gjerninger fra fengslet, sendte han disiplene sine for å spørre ham:
OTB
Mens Johannes var i fengsel, hørte han om Kristi gjerninger, og sendte sine disipler
B1930
Men da Johannes i fengslet hørte om Kristi gjerninger, sendte han bud med sine disipler og lot si til ham:

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  • Matthew 14:3

    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

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  • Mark 6:17

    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

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  • Matthew 4:12

    When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

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  • Luke 7:18–35

    Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.

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  • Matthew 9:14

    At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”

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  • Acts 19:1–3

    While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

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  • John 4:1

    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

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  • Luke 3:19

    But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

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