rsv - Luke:7:18-35

rsv@Luke:7:18 @ The disciples of John told him of all these things.

rsv@Luke:7:19 @ And John, calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

rsv@Luke:7:20 @ And when the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, `Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?'"

rsv@Luke:7:21 @ In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits, and on many that were blind he bestowed sight.

rsv@Luke:7:22 @ And he answered them, "Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.

rsv@Luke:7:23 @ And blessed is he who takes no offense at me."

rsv@Luke:7:24 @ When the messengers of John had gone, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

rsv@Luke:7:25 @ What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.

rsv@Luke:7:26 @ What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

rsv@Luke:7:27 @ This is he of whom it is written, `Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.'

rsv@Luke:7:28 @ I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

rsv@Luke:7:29 @ (When they heard this all the people and the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John;

rsv@Luke:7:30 @ but the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.)

rsv@Luke:7:31 @ "To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like?

rsv@Luke:7:32 @ They are like children sitting in the market place and calling to one another, `We piped to you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep.'

rsv@Luke:7:33 @ For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine; and you say, `He has a demon.'

rsv@Luke:7:34 @ The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and you say, `Behold, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

rsv@Luke:7:35 @ Yet wisdom is justified by all her children."