(A)the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers[a] are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and (B)the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who (C)is not offended by me.”

As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out (D)into the wilderness to see? (E)A reed shaken by the wind?

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 11:5 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13

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