d said to her: Weep not. (14)And he came
and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said:
Young man, I say to thee, arise. (15)And the dead sat up, and began to
speak. And he gave him to his mother. (16)And fear seized on all; and
they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and,
God has visited his people. (17)And this report went forth in all
Judaea concerning him, and in all the country around.

(18)And the disciples of John reported to him concerning all these
things. (19)And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to
Jesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (20)And
coming to him, the men said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee,
saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another? (21)And in
that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil
spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight. (22)And answering he
said to them: Go, and report to John what ye saw and heard; that the
blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf
hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are published.
(23)And happy is he, whoever shall not be offended at me.

(24)And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to
the multitudes concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness
to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

(25)But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment?
Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in
kings' palaces.

(26)But what went ye out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and
much more than a prophet. (27)This is he, of whom it is written:

Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face,
Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

(28)For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater
prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is
greater than he.

(29)And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God,
having been immersed with John's immersion. (30)But the Pharisees and
the lawyers rejected the counsel of God toward themselves, not having
been immersed by him.

(31)To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? And to what
are they like? (32)They are like to children sitting in the market,
and calling to one another, saying: We piped to you, and ye danced
not; we sang the lament to you, and ye wept not. (33)For John the
Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking w