Luke 7:19-30

¹⁹John called two of his disciples and told them to go and see Jesus, and ask, “Are you the one we've been expecting, or should we wait for someone else?”

²⁰When they came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you, to ask you, ‘Are you the one we've been expecting or should we wait for someone else?’”

²¹At that very moment Jesus was healing many people of their diseases, illnesses, evil spirits, and making the blind to see.

²²Jesus answered John's disciples, “Go and tell John what you've seen and heard. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers cured, the deaf hear, the dead raised back to life, the poor are told the good news.

²³How good it is for those who are not offended because of me!”

²⁴After the messengers from John had left, Jesus began telling the crowd, “About John: what did you expect to see when you went out to meet him in the desert? Some reed blown about by the wind?

²⁵Did you come looking for a man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who have stylish clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces.

²⁶Were you looking for a prophet? Yes he is, and I'm telling you, he's much more than a prophet.

²⁷It was written about him in Scripture: ‘Look, I'm sending my messenger to go before you to prepare your way.’

²⁸I tell you, no one born of women is greater than John, but even the most unimportant person in God's kingdom is greater than he is!”

²⁹When they heard this, all of them—even the tax collectors—followed what God said was good and right, for they had been baptized by John.

³⁰But the Pharisees and the religious teachers rejected what God wanted them to do, for they had refused to be baptized by John.