1. Jesus finished telling these things to his 12 followers. Then he left there and went to the towns in Galilee to teach and preach.
2. John the Baptist was in prison, but he heard about the things the Christ was doing. So John sent some of his followers to Jesus.
3. They asked Jesus, “Are you the man who John said was coming, or should we wait for another one?”
4. Jesus answered, “Go back to John and tell him about the things you hear and see:
5. The blind can see. The crippled can walk. People with harmful skin diseases are healed. The deaf can hear. The dead are raised to life. And the Good News is told to the poor.
6. The person who does not lose faith because of me is blessed.”
7. As John’s followers were leaving, Jesus began talking to the people about John. Jesus said, “What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed blown by the wind? No.
8. Really, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No. Those people who wear fine clothes live in kings’ palaces.