Matthew 11:2-18

²Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:

³Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

⁴And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

⁵The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.a

⁶And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.b

⁷And when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

⁸But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

⁹But what went you out to see? a prophet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet.

¹⁰For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.c

¹¹Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.d

¹²And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.e

¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

¹⁴And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.f

¹⁵He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.g

¹⁶But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is like to children sitting in the market place.

¹⁷Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil.