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New Living Translation (NLT)

Luke 7
²² Then he told John’s disciples, “Go back to John and tell him what you have seen and heard—the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.
²³ And tell him, ‘God blesses those who do not turn away because of me.’”
²⁴ After John’s disciples left, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?
²⁵ Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are found in palaces.
²⁶ Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.
²⁷ John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, ‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
²⁸ I tell you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of God is greater than he is!”
²⁹ When they heard this, all the people—even the tax collectors—agreed that God’s way was right, for they had been baptized by John.
³⁰ But the Pharisees and experts in religious law rejected God’s plan for them, for they had refused John’s baptism.
³¹ “To what can I compare the people of this generation?” Jesus asked. “How can I describe them?
³² They are like children playing a game in the public square. They complain to their friends, ‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t weep.’