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About John the Baptist

When John the Baptist heard in prison about the deeds of Christ, he sent a message through his disciples

asking him:

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”

Jesus answered them:

“Go and tell John what you hear and see:

the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor hear the good news;

and how fortunate is the one who does not take offense at me!”

As the messengers departed, Jesus started speaking to the crowds about John:

“When you went out to the desert, what did you expect to see? A reed swept by the wind?

What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? People who wear fine clothes live in palaces.

What was it that you truly went out to see? A prophet? Yes, indeed, and even more than a prophet.

He is the man of whom Scripture says:

I send my messenger ahead of you to prepare the way before you.

I tell you this: no one greater than John the Baptist has ever been born of women, yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.