1. And it happened that, when Jesus had completed instructing his twelve disciples, he went away from there in order to teach and to preach in their cities.
2. Now when John had heard, in prison, about the works of Christ, sending two of his disciples, he said to him,
3. "Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"
4. And Jesus, responding, said to them: "Go and report to John what you have heard and seen.
5. The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor are evangelized.
6. And blessed is he who has found no offense in me."
7. Then, after they departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out to the desert to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8. So what did you go out to see? A man in soft garments? Behold, those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.