Matthew 11:2–11

Messengers from John the Baptist

²When John heard in prison what the Messiah^w was doing, he sent word by his^x disciples^{* 3}and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?”^{* 4}Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: ⁵the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.^{* 6}And blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”^*

Jesus Praises John the Baptist

⁷As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?^{* 8}What, then, did you go out to see? Someone^y dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. ⁹What, then, did you go out to see? A prophet?^z Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.^{* 10}This is the one about whom it is written,

‘See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,

who will prepare your way before you.’^*

¹¹“Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.