Luke 7:17-38

¹⁷And this report about him went forth in all Judaea, and in all the neighboring country.

¹⁸And the disciples of John told him all these things.

¹⁹And calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

²⁰And the men came to him and said, John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

²¹In that hour he cured many of diseases, and plagues, and evil spirits, and to many who were blind he gave sight.

²²And he answered and said to them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are brought;

²³and blessed is he, whoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

²⁴And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What have ye gone out into the wilderness to see? the reeds shaken by the wind?

²⁵But what have ye gone out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Lo! they who wear gorgeous apparel, and live luxuriously, are in kings' palaces.

²⁶But what have ye gone out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

²⁷This is he of whom it is written, “Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.”

²⁸I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²⁹And all the people when they heard him, and the publicans, acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God toward themselves, not being baptized by him.

³¹To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

³²They are like children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance; we sung a dirge, and ye did not weep.

³³For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

³⁴The Son of man hath come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold, a glutton and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

³⁵But wisdom is acknowledged by all her children.

³⁶And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he went into the Pharisee's house, and reclined at the table.

³⁷And lo! a woman who was in the city, a sinner, learning that he was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster-bottle of ointment,

³⁸and standing behind at his feet, weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.