1. And it came to be, when יהושע ended instructing His twelve taught ones, that He set out from there to teach and to proclaim in their cities.
2. And when Yoḥanan had heard in the prison of the works of Messiah, he sent two of his taught ones
3. and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
4. And יהושע answering, said to them, “Go, report to Yoḥanan what you hear and see:
5. “Blind receive sight and lame walk, lepers are cleansed and deaf hear, dead are raised up and poor are brought the Good News.
6. “And blessed is he who does not stumble in Me.”
7. And as these were going, יהושע began to say to the crowds concerning Yoḥanan, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
8. “But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft garments? Look, those wearing soft garments are in the houses of sovereigns.
9. “But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
10. “For this is he of whom it was written, ‘See, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall prepare Your way before You.’
11. “Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than Yoḥanan the Immerser, yet the least one in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.
12. “And from the days of Yoḥanan the Immerser till now the reign of the heavens is violated, and the violent seize it.