Luke 7:24
22 So He replied, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.
23 Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
25 Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear elegant clothing and live in luxury are found in palaces.
26 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
- KJV
- And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
- WEB
- When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- ASV
- And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
- DARBY
- And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?
- BLB
- And the messengers of John having gone away, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you⁺ go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- ÅB
- Da nå sendebudene fra Johannes var gått bort, begynte han å tale til folket om Johannes: Hvorfor var det dere gikk ut i ørkenen? for å se et rør som svaier for vinden?
- OTB
- Etter at Johannes’ sendebud hadde dratt, begynte Jesus å tale til folkemengden om Johannes: “Hva dro dere ut i ødemarken for å se? Et siv som svaier i vinden?
- B1930
- Da nu sendebudene fra Johannes var gått bort, begynte han å tale til folket om Johannes: Hvorfor var det I gikk ut i ørkenen? for å se et rør som svaier for vinden?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
Read in contextLuke 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
Read in contextJohn 1:23
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
Read in contextLuke 3:2
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Read in context2 Peter 3:17
Therefore, beloved, since you already know these things, be on your guard so that you will not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure standing.
Read in contextJames 1:6–8
But he must ask in faith, without doubting, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Read in contextMatthew 3:1–5
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Read in context2 Peter 2:17
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
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