Matthew 11:27

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

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BSBPD

“All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, save the Father; neither doth any know the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son willeth to reveal him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 11:27 — 21 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
  2. Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
  3. John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
  4. John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  5. John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
  6. John 6:46not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
  7. John 7:29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
  8. John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
  9. John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
  10. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  11. John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  12. John 17:6I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
  13. John 17:25Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
  14. 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
  15. Ephesians 1:20which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
  16. Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
  17. Hebrews 2:8and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
  18. 1 Peter 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
  19. 1 John 2:23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
  20. 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
  21. 2 John 1:9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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