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All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
Matthew 11:27 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV 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.
  • BSB 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.
  • NKJV All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
  • NASB All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.
  • NLT “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

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Quick answer

All things are entrusted to the Son, who alone fully knows the Father and reveals Him. Knowing God comes only through Christ's mediation.

Overview

This profound statement, often called Johannine in tone, asserts the unique mutual knowledge of Father and Son and the Son's authority over all things. No one truly knows the Father except through the Son's self-revelation. The verse grounds the entire gospel: Jesus alone makes God known, and salvation is found in coming to the Father through Him.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • John 14:6–9Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
  • Luke 10:22Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”
  • 2 Jn 1:9Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
  • John 17:25–26Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
  • 1 Jn 2:23Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
  • John 10:15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • 1 Jn 5:19–20We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
  • John 3:35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
  • John 6:46Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
  • Phil 2:10–11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
  • John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
  • John 7:29I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
  • John 17:2–3even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
  • John 17:6I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
  • John 5:21–29For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
  • John 13:3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,
  • 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
  • Heb 2:8–10You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet.
  • 1 Cor 15:25–27For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
  • Eph 1:20–23which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places,

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

How Matthew 11:27 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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