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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.
Matthew 11:27 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB 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.
  • 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 saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
  • Luke 10:22All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
  • 2 Jn 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
  • John 17:25–26O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
  • 1 Jn 2:23Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
  • John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
  • 1 Jn 5:19–20And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
  • John 3:35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
  • John 6:46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
  • Phil 2:10–11That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
  • John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • John 7:29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
  • John 17:2–3As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
  • John 17:6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
  • John 5:21–29For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
  • John 13:3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
  • 1 Pet 3:22Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.
  • Heb 2:8–10Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
  • 1 Cor 15:25–27For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.
  • Eph 1:20–23Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own 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.

Original language

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