1 When Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and to proclaim with authority in their cities.
2 Now when John had heard, in the prison, the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3 and said to Him, "Are you He Who should come or do we look for another?"
4 Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are purified, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6 And blessed is everyone who will not be offended in Me.
7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see?  A reed shaken with the wind?
8 But what did you go out to see?  A man clothed in soft raiment? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9 But what did you go out to see?  A prophet?  Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
10 For this is he of whom it is written, 'I send My messenger before Your face who shall prepare Your way before You.'
11 Truly I say to you that among those who are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist, but whoever is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven has been subjected to violence and the violent have seized and raided violently by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14 And if you will receive it, this is Elias, who was for to come.
15 Whoever has ears to hear, let that person hear.
16 But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets and calling to their friends,
17 and saying, 'We have played the flute for you, and you have not danced; we have sung funeral songs to you, and you have not beat your chest in mourning.'
18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a devil.'
19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'See a man gluttonous and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners."  But wisdom is shown to be righteous by her children.'"
20 Then He began to accuse the cities in which most of His mighty works were done, because they did not have a new mind.
21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have had a new mind long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment than for you.
23 And you, Capernaum, who is exalted to Heaven, shall be brought down to Hades, for if the mighty works that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24 But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you."
25 At that time Jesus continued and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have unveiled them to babes. *
26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.
27 All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father.  No one knows the Father, except the Son, and He to whom the Son will unveil Him. *
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke on you and learn from Me, for I Am meek and lowly in My innermost mind, and you shall find rest to your minds.
30 For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light."