7:18 約翰的門徒把這些事都告訴約翰。
7:19 他便叫了兩個門徒來，打發他們到主那裡去，說：「那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？」
7:20 那兩個人來到耶穌那裡，說：「施洗的約翰打發我們來問你：『那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？』」
7:21 正當那時候，耶穌治好了許多有疾病的，受災患的，被惡鬼附著的，又開恩叫好些瞎子能看見。
7:22 耶穌回答說：「你們去，把所看見所聽見的事告訴約翰，就是瞎子看見，瘸子行走，長大痲瘋的潔淨，聾子聽見，死人復活，窮人有福音傳給他們。
7:23 凡不因我跌倒的，就有福了！」
7:24 約翰所差來的人既走了，耶穌就對眾人講論約翰說：「你們從前出去到曠野，是要看甚麼呢？要看風吹動的蘆葦嗎？
7:25 你們出去，到底是要看甚麼？要看穿細軟衣服的人嗎？那穿華麗衣服、宴樂度日的人是在王宮裡。
7:26 你們出去，究竟是要看甚麼？要看先知嗎？我告訴你們，是的，他比先知大多了。
7:27 經上記著說：『我要差遣我的使者在你前面預備道路』，所說的就是這個人。
7:28 我告訴你們，凡婦人所生的，沒有一個大過約翰的；然而上帝國裡最小的比他還大。」
7:29 眾百姓和稅吏既受過約翰的洗，聽見這話，就以上帝為義；
7:30 但法利賽人和律法師沒有受過約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。（29-30兩節或譯：眾百姓和稅吏聽見了約翰的話，就受了他的洗，便以上帝為義；但法利賽人和律法師不受約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。）
7:31 主又說：「這樣，我可用甚麼比這世代的人呢？他們好像甚麼呢？
7:32 好像孩童坐在街市上，彼此呼叫說：我們向你們吹笛，你們不跳舞；我們向你們舉哀，你們不啼哭。
7:33 施洗的約翰來，不吃餅，不喝酒，你們說他是被鬼附著的。
7:34 人子來，也吃也喝，你們說他是貪食好酒的人，是稅吏和罪人的朋友。
7:35 但智慧之子都以智慧為是。」
18 John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor. 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
24 After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written:
“‘I
will send my messenger ahead of you,
who will prepare your way before you.’
28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John. 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
31 Jesus went on to say, “To what, then, can I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other:
“‘We
played the pipe for you,
and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge,
and you did not cry.’
33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ 35 But wisdom is proved right by all her children.”
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施洗約翰在苦難中，忘記主耶穌就是上帝所指示的「上帝的羔羊」！竟然要差遣人來問主耶穌：「那將要來的是你嗎？還是我們等候別人呢？」
耶穌回答說：「你們去，把所看見所聽見的事告訴約翰，就是瞎子看見，瘸子行走，長大痲瘋的潔淨，聾子聽見，死人復活，窮人有福音傳給他們。凡不因我跌倒的，就有福了！」
雖然約翰好像軟弱了，但是主耶穌仍然指明：「你們從前出去到曠野，是要看甚麼呢？要看風吹動的蘆葦嗎？你們出去，到底是要看甚麼？要看穿細軟衣服的人嗎？那穿華麗衣服、宴樂度日的人是在王宮裡。你們出去，究竟是要看甚麼？要看先知嗎？我告訴你們，是的，他比先知大多了。經上記著說：『我要差遣我的使者在你前面預備道路』，所說的就是這個人。我告訴你們，凡婦人所生的，沒有一個大過約翰的；然而上帝國裡最小的比他還大。」
也因為主耶穌這樣說，讓眾百姓和稅吏明白：自己透過施洗約翰走在上帝的義路，雖然祂們沒有法利賽人和文士明白聖經！可惜的是，法利賽人和文士沒有受過約翰的洗，竟為自己廢棄了上帝的旨意。
這是多麼可惜！正如今日有許多人按己意研讀聖經，發展出自以為是的神學觀點，沒又遵照聖靈在教會發展的使徒遺緒來認識聖經，以致信仰上有許多偏差而不自知！
正如使徒彼得所說：「…那無學問、不堅固的人強解，如強解別的經書一樣，就自取沉淪。」(彼得後書3:16)
這是很重要的警告，請不要看為小事！好好學習正確的解經，並要按正意分解真理的道！
