7 18 John too was informed of all this by his disciples. 7 19 Summoning two of their number he sent them to the Lord with this message: 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect some other?' 7 20 The messengers made their way to Jesus and said, 'John the Baptist has sent us to you: he asks, "Are you the one who is to come, or are we to expect some other?" ' 7 21 There and then he cured many sufferers from diseases, plagues, and evil spirits; and on many blind people he bestowed sight. 7 22 [ Mal.3.1. ] Then he gave them his answer: 'Go', he said, 'and tell John what you have seen and heard: how the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are clean, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor are hearing the good news - 7 23 and happy is the man who does not find me a stumbling-block.'
7 24 After John's messengers had left, Jesus began to speak about him to the crowds: 'What was the spectacle that drew you to the wilderness? A reed-bed swept by the wind? 7 25 No? Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed in silks and satins? Surely you must look in palaces for grand clothes and luxury. 7 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, and far more than a prophet. 7 27 He is the man of whom Scripture says,