Luke 7:18-35

181The disciplesG3101 of JohnG2491 reportedG518 to him aboutG4012 allG3956 theseG3778 thingsG3778. 19SummoningG4341 2twoG1417 of his disciplesG3101, JohnG2491 sentG3992 them to 3the LordG2962, sayingG3004, “Are You the 4ExpectedG2064 One, orG2228 do we lookG4328 for someoneG243 elseG243?” 20When the menG435 cameG3854 to Him, they saidG3004, “JohnG2491 the BaptistG910 has sentG649 us to You, to askG3004, ‘Are You the 5ExpectedG2064 One, orG2228 do we lookG4328 for someoneG243 elseG243?’” 21At that 6very timeG5610 He 7curedG2323 manyG4183 people of diseasesG3554 and 8afflictionsG3148 and evilG4190 spiritsG4151; and He gaveG5483 sightG991 to manyG4183 who were blindG5185. 22And He answeredG611 and saidG3004 to them, “GoG4198 and reportG518 to JohnG2491 whatG3739 you have seenG3708 and heardG191: the 9blindG5185 receiveG308 sightG308, the lameG5560 walkG4043, the lepersG3015 are cleansedG2511, and the deafG2974 hearG191, the deadG3498 are raisedG1453 up, the 10poorG4434 have the gospelG2097 preachedG2097 to them. 23BlessedG3107 is he 11whoG3739 does not takeG4624 offense at Me.”

24When the messengersG32 of JohnG2491 had leftG565, He beganG757 to speakG3004 to the crowdsG3793 aboutG4012 JohnG2491, “WhatG5101 did you goG1831 out into the wildernessG2048 to seeG2300? A reedG2563 shakenG4531 by the windG417? 2512But whatG5101 did you goG1831 out to seeG3708? A manG444 dressedG294 in softG3120 13clothingG2440? ThoseG3588 who are splendidlyG1741 clothedG2441 and liveG5225 in luxuryG5172 are found in royalG933 palacesG933! 26But whatG5101 did you goG1831 out to seeG3708? A prophetG4396? YesG3483, I sayG3004 to you, and one who is moreG4053 than a prophetG4396. 27ThisG3778 is the one aboutG4012 whomG3739 it is writtenG1125, ‘14BeholdG2400, I sendG649 My messengerG32 15aheadG4253 of You, WhoG3739 will prepareG2680 Your wayG3598 beforeG1715 You.’ 28I sayG3004 to you, amongG1722 those bornG1084 of womenG1135 there is noG3762 oneG3762 greaterG3173 than JohnG2491; yetG1161 he who is 16leastG3398 in the kingdomG932 of GodG2316 is greaterG3173 than he.” 29When allG3956 the peopleG2992 and the taxG5057 collectorsG5057 heardG191 this, they 17acknowledgedG1344 18God’sG2316 justiceG1344, 19having been baptizedG907 with 20the baptismG908 of JohnG2491. 30But the PhariseesG5330 and the 2122lawyersG3544 rejectedG114 God’sG2316 purposeG1012 for themselvesG1438, not having been baptizedG907 by 23John.

31“To whatG5101 thenG3767 shall I compareG3666 the menG444 of thisG3778 generationG1074, and whatG5101 are they likeG3664? 32They are likeG3664 childrenG3813 who sitG2521 in the marketG58 placeG58 and callG4377 to oneG240 anotherG240, and they sayG3004, ‘We playedG832 the fluteG832 for you, and you did not danceG3738; we sangG2354 a dirgeG2354, and you did not weepG2799.’ 33For JohnG2491 the BaptistG910 has comeG2064 24eatingG2068 noG3361 breadG740 and drinkingG4095 noG3383 wineG3631, and you sayG3004, ‘He hasG2192 a demonG1140!’ 34The SonG5207 of ManG444 has comeG2064 eatingG2068 and drinkingG4095, and you sayG3004, ‘BeholdG2400, a gluttonousG5314 manG444 and a 25drunkardG3630, a friendG5384 of taxG5057 collectorsG5057 and 26sinnersG268!’ 35YetG2532 wisdomG4678 27is vindicatedG1344 by allG3956 her childrenG5043.”