Matthew 11:4 (WEB)

Passage

Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

Nearby Context

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,Isaiah 35:5 the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.Isaiah 61:1-4

Matthew 11:6 Blessed is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jesus", "answered", "tell", "john", "things", and "hear". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jesus" and "answered", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and said to him Are you he..." into verse 5's "the blind receive their sight the lame...", so "jesus" and "answered" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jesus" and "answered" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.