Bible Studies

And he answered 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, the poor have good news brought to them.' (v. 22)

"The disciples of John reported all these things to him. So John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?'" (v.18-19)

], the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves. (v. 30)

Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?'

“What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.” (v. 26)

“To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?” (v. 31)

'Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children.' (v. 35)

'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"' (v. 34)

"To what then will I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not weep'. For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon'; the Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Nevertheless, wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, 'Who is this who even forgives sins?' (v. 49)

'Therefore, I tell you, her sins, which were many, have been forgiven; hence she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.' (v. 47)

"If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him - that she is a sinner." (v. 39)