rsv Matthew:11:7-12
rsv@Matthew:11:7 @ As they went away, Jesus 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@Matthew:11:8 @ Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.
rsv@Matthew:11:9 @ Why then did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
rsv@Matthew:11:10 @ This is he of whom it is written, `Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.'
rsv@Matthew:11:11 @ Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
rsv@Matthew:11:12 @ From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and men of violence take it by force.