Matthew 11:1-19 - A Question From John The Baptist

¹ And it came to pass when Jesus finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. ² Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples, ³ he said to him, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another?

⁴ And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye hear and see: ⁵ the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor are proclaimed good-news. ⁶ And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me.

⁷ And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ⁸ But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in delicate clothes? Behold, those wearing delicate things are in king's houses. ⁹ But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ¹⁰ For this is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face who will prepare thy way before thee.

¹¹ Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is going to come. ¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶ But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, calling to their companions,

¹⁷ and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance, we mourned to you, and ye did not beat the breast.

¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! And wisdom is justified from her children.

¹⁸ And the disciples of John informed him about all these things. ¹⁹ And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

²⁰ And when they came to him, they said, John the immerser has sent us to thee, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

²¹ And in the same hour he healed many from diseases and plagues and evil spirits. And he granted sight to many blind men. ²² And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good-new ²³ And blessed is he, whoever will not be offended by me. ²⁴ And after John's messengers departed, he began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? ²⁵ But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those in elegant clothing, and existing in luxury, are in kingly places. ²⁶ But what did ye go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.

²⁸ For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

²⁹ And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and the lawyers who were not immersed by him, rejected the purpose of God for themselves.

³¹ To what, then will I compare the men of this generation, and to what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep.

³³ For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon. ³⁴ The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ³⁵ And wisdom is justified from all her children.