22 And answering, He said to them, “Go report to John what you saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, those with tza'arat are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
23 Blessed is he who is not led to stumble because of Me.”
24 And after John’s messengers left, He began to speak about John to the crowds. “What did you go out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
25 No? So what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine garments? Look, those who wear finery and live in luxury are in the palaces of kings!
26 Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, even more than a prophet.
27 This is the one about whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send My messenger before You, who will prepare Your way before You.’
28 I say to you, there is no one greater than John among those born of women; yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”