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22 So He replied to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news (the Gospel) preached to them.(A)

23 And blessed (happy—[a]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions—and [b]to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [[c]whatever may occur].

24 And the messengers of John having departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out into the desert to gaze on? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:23 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.
  2. Luke 7:23 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  3. Luke 7:23 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.

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