18And his disciples announced to John about all these things. And John, having summoned two of his disciples,19He sent to the Lord, saying: You are the one who is coming, or should we look for another?20And when the men came to him, they said: John the one who baptizes sent us to you, saying: You are the one who is coming, or should we look for another?21In that hour he healed many from illnesses and whips and evil spirits, and he granted to many who were blind to see.22And he answered and said to them: Go and announce to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise, and the poor have good news announced to them.23And blessed is the one who is not caused to stumble because of me.24Then, after the messengers of John had gone away, he began to say to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the deserted place to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?"25But what did you go out to see? A human clothed in soft clothing? Look, those who are in honored clothing and self-indulgence are in the palaces.26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more excessive than a prophet.27This is the one about whom it has been written: Look, I send my angel before your face, who will prepare your road before you.28I say to you, among those born of women none is greater than John; yet the smaller one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.29And when all the people and the tax collectors heard, they justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.30But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the plan of God for themselves, not having been baptized by him.31To what therefore shall I liken the humans of this generation, and to what are they like?32They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say: We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we lamented, and you did not weep.33For John the one who baptizes has come, not eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say: He has a demon.34The Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, and you say: Look, a human who is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and of sinful people.35And wisdom was justified by all her children.