Luke 7:19-30

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.