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los ciegos ven, los cojos andan, los leprosos quedan limpios, los sordos oyen, los muertos resucitan y a los pobres se les anuncia la buena noticia. ¡Y felices aquellos para quienes yo no soy causa de tropiezo!

Jesús habla de Juan el Bautista (Lc 7,24-35)

Cuando se fueron los enviados de Juan, Jesús se puso a hablar de él a la gente. Decía:

— Cuando salisteis a ver a Juan al desierto, ¿qué esperabais encontrar? ¿Una caña agitada por el viento?

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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.(A) Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”(B)

As John’s(C) disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness(D) to see? A reed swayed by the wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:5 The Greek word traditionally translated leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.