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2 John had heard in prison of the doings of the Christ, and he sent by some of his disciples to ask,
3 "Are you 'the Coming One' or are we to expect some other?"
4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see.
5 Blind men recover sight, lame men walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf men hear, dead men are raised, and poor men have the good news proclaimed to them.
6 Blessed is he who does not mistake regarding me!"
7 As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8 But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Those who wear soft clothes are in kings' palaces.
9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
10 This is the one of whom it was written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.'
11 I tell you truly there has not arisen among those born of women a greater than John the Baptist. But any inferior in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence and violent men have been seizing it.
13 For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
14 If you are willing to believe it, he is Elijah who was to come.
15 Whoever has ears, let him hear.
16 "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market-places who call to the others,
17 'We played the flute to you and you did not dance; we mourned and you did not beat your breasts.'
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'