Luke 7:18-35

New King James Version

John the Baptist Sends Messengers to Jesus^(A)

^18 (B)Then the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these things. ¹⁹ And John, calling two of his disciples to him, sent them to ^[a]Jesus, saying, “Are You ^(C)the Coming One, or ^[b]do we look for another?”

²⁰ When the men had come to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’ ” ²¹ And that very hour He cured many of ^[c]infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight.

^22 (D)Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: ^(E)that the blind ^(F)see, the lame ^(G)walk, the lepers are ^(H)cleansed, the deaf ^(I)hear, the dead are raised, ^(J)the poor have the gospel preached to them. ²³ And blessed is he who is not ^[d]offended because of Me.”

^24 (K)When the messengers of John had departed, He began to speak to the multitudes concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Indeed those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings’ courts. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. ²⁷ This is he of whom it is written:

²⁸ For I say to you, among those born of women there is ^[e]not a ^(M)greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

²⁹ And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors ^[f]justified God, ^(N)having been baptized with the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and ^[g]lawyers rejected ^(O)the will of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.

^31 [h]And the Lord said, ^(P)“To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying:

³³ For ^(Q)John the Baptist came ^(R)neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ ³⁴ The Son of Man has come ^(S)eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a ^[i]winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ ^35 (T)But wisdom is justified by all her children.”