²² And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the ^(A)blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the ^(B)poor have the gospel preached to them. ²³ Blessed is he ^[a]who does not take offense at Me.”

²⁸ I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is ^[a]least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”