Luke 7:22-24

Expanded Bible

²² Then Jesus answered John’s ·followers [disciples], “Go tell John what you saw and heard here. The blind can see, the ·crippled [lame] can walk, and ·people with skin diseases [^Tlepers; see 5:12] are ·healed [^Lcleansed]. The deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the ·Good News [Gospel] is ·preached [announced; proclaimed] to the poor [^Csigns of God’s restoration of creation, predicted by the prophet Isaiah; Is. 29:18–19; 35:5–6; 61:1–2]. ²³ Those who ·do not stumble in their faith [are not offended] because of me are blessed.”

Jesus Comments on John^(A)

²⁴ When John’s ·followers [^Lmessengers] left, Jesus began talking to the ·people [crowds] about John: “What did you go out into the ·desert [wilderness] to see? A reed ·blown by [shaken by; swaying in] the wind [^Csomething fragile and easily swept away]?