The inquiry of John the baptist.

Matthew 11.1-19 = Luke 7.18-35.

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Matthew 11.1-19; {21.31b-32}.†	Luke 7.18-35; {16.16}.†
¹ Καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε ἐτέλεσεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς διατάσσων τοῖς δώδεκα μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ, μετέβη ἐκεῖθεν τοῦ διδάσκειν καὶ κηρύσσειν ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν. ² Ὁ* δὲ Ἰωάννης,* ἀκούσας ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, πέμψας* διὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ, ³ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἕτερον προσδοκῶμεν; ⁴ καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ ἀκούετε καὶ βλέπετε· ⁵ τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν καὶ χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν, καὶ νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται, καὶ πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται· ⁶ καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί. ⁷ τούτων δὲ πορευομένων ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς λέγειν τοῖς ὄχλοις περὶ Ἰωάννου· Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον; ⁸ ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ, οἱ τὰ μαλακὰ φοροῦντες ἐν τοῖς οἴκοις τῶν βασιλέων εἰσίν. ⁹ ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; προφήτην; ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου. ¹⁰ οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· Ἰδοὺ, ἐγὼ ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου. ¹¹ ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐκ ἐγήγερται ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν μείζων Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ· ὁ δὲ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν μείζων αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. ¹² ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἡμερῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ ἕως ἄρτι ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν βιάζεται, καὶ βιασταὶ ἁρπάζουσιν αὐτήν. ¹³ πάντες γὰρ οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ νόμος ἕως Ἰωάννου ἐπροφήτευσαν. ¹⁴ καὶ εἰ θέλετε δέξασθαι, αὐτός ἐστιν Ἠλίας ὁ μέλλων ἔρχεσθαι. ¹⁵ ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκουέτω. {^21.31b Λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι οἱ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι προάγουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.* ³² ἦλθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ὁδῷ δικαιοσύνης,* καὶ οὐκ ἐπιστεύσατε αὐτῷ· οἱ δὲ τελῶναι καὶ αἱ πόρναι ἐπίστευσαν αὐτῷ· ὑμεῖς δὲ ἰδόντες οὐδὲ μετεμελήθητε ὕστερον τοῦ πιστεῦσαι αὐτῷ.} ¹⁶ τίνι δὲ ὁμοιώσω τὴν γενεὰν ταύτην; ὁμοία ἐστὶν παιδίοις καθημένοις ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς ἃ προσφωνοῦντα τοῖς ἑτέροις ¹⁷ λέγουσιν· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε. ¹⁸ ἦλθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης μήτε ἐσθίων μήτε πίνων, καὶ λέγουσιν· Δαιμόνιον ἔχει· ¹⁹ ἦλθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγουσιν· Ἰδοὺ, ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, τελωνῶν φίλος καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν. καὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῆς.	¹⁸ Καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν Ἰωάννῃ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ περὶ πάντων τούτων. καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος δύο τινὰς τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ὁ* Ἰωάννης* ¹⁹ ἔπεμψεν* πρὸς τὸν κύριον, λέγων· Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν; ²⁰ παραγενόμενοι δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἄνδρες εἶπαν· Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς ἀπέστειλεν ἡμᾶς πρὸς σὲ, λέγων· Σὺ εἶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἢ ἄλλον προσδοκῶμεν; ²¹ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ ἐθεράπευσεν πολλοὺς ἀπὸ νόσων καὶ μαστίγων καὶ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν, καὶ τυφλοῖς πολλοῖς ἐχαρίσατο βλέπειν. ²² καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ ἃ εἴδετε καὶ ἠκούσατε· τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν, χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν, λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν, νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται, πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται· ²³ καὶ μακάριός ἐστιν ὃς ἐὰν μὴ σκανδαλισθῇ ἐν ἐμοί. ²⁴ ἀπελθόντων δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων Ἰωάννου ἤρξατο λέγειν πρὸς τοὺς ὄχλους περὶ Ἰωάννου· Τί ἐξήλθατε εἰς τὴν ἔρημον θεάσασθαι; κάλαμον ὑπὸ ἀνέμου σαλευόμενον; ²⁵ ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; ἄνθρωπον ἐν μαλακοῖς ἱματίοις ἠμφιεσμένον; ἰδοὺ, οἱ ἐν ἱματισμῷ ἐνδόξῳ καὶ τρυφῇ ὑπάρχοντες ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις εἰσίν. ²⁶ ἀλλὰ τί ἐξήλθατε ἰδεῖν; προφήτην; ναί, λέγω ὑμῖν, καὶ περισσότερον προφήτου. ²⁷ οὗτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ γέγραπται· Ἰδοὺ, ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου ἔμπροσθέν σου. ²⁸ λέγω ὑμῖν, μείζων ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν Ἰωάννου οὐδείς ἐστιν· ὁ δὲ μικρότερος ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ μείζων αὐτοῦ ἐστιν. {^16.16b Ἀπὸ τότε ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ εὐαγγελίζεται, καὶ πᾶς εἰς αὐτὴν βιάζεται.} {^16.16a Ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται μέχρι Ἰωάννου.} ²⁹ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἀκούσας καὶ οἱ τελῶναι ἐδικαίωσαν* τὸν θεόν, βαπτισθέντες τὸ βάπτισμα Ἰωάννου· ³⁰ οἱ δὲ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ νομικοὶ τὴν βουλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ* ἠθέτησαν εἰς ἑαυτούς, μὴ βαπτισθέντες ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ. ³¹ τίνι οὖν ὁμοιώσω τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τῆς γενεᾶς ταύτης, καὶ τίνι εἰσὶν ὅμοιοι; ³² ὅμοιοί εἰσιν παιδίοις τοῖς ἐν ἀγορᾷ καθημένοις καὶ προσφωνοῦσιν ἀλλήλοις, ἃ λέγει· Ηὐλήσαμεν ὑμῖν καὶ οὐκ ὠρχήσασθε· ἐθρηνήσαμεν καὶ οὐκ ἐκλαύσατε. ³³ ἐλήλυθεν γὰρ Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστὴς μὴ ἐσθίων ἄρτον μήτε πίνων οἶνον, καὶ λέγετε· Δαιμόνιον ἔχει· ³⁴ ἐλήλυθεν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων, καὶ λέγετε· Ἰδοὺ, ἄνθρωπος φάγος καὶ οἰνοπότης, φίλος τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν. ³⁵ καὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς.
Extant: ~Ƿ¹⁹ א B C D L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ² δια των μαθητων (א B C* D W Δ Θ �¹³) / δυο των μαθητων (C^corrected L �¹ Byzantine). ⁹ ιδειν; προφητην (א^corrected B* C D L Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine) / προφητην ιδειν; (א* B^corrected W). ¹⁵ ωτα (B D) / ωτα ακουειν (א C L W Δ Θ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine). ¹⁷ εθρηνησαμεν (א B D �¹) / εθρηνησαμεν υμιν (C L W Δ Θ �¹³ Byzantine). ¹⁹ απο των εργων (א B* W) / απο παντων των εργων (~�¹³) / απο των τεκνων (B^corrected C D L Δ Θ �¹ Byzantine). Miniscule 13 itself supports απο παντων των τεκνων.	Extant: ~Ƿ⁷⁵ ~Ƿ⁸² א A B D L W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ �¹³ Byzantine. ¹⁹ επεμψεν προς τον κυριον, λεγων (B L �¹³) / επεμψεν προς τον Ιησουν, λεγων (א A W Δ Θ Ψ �¹ Byzantine) / λεγει· Πορευθεντες ειπατε αυτω (D). The Palestinian Syriac version and some manuscripts of the Vulgate support επεμψεν προς τον κυριον Ιησουν, λεγων. ²⁸ γυναικων Ιωαννου (Ƿ⁷⁵ א B L W �¹) / γυναικων προφητης Ιωαννου (Ψ) / γυναικων προφητης Ιωαννου βαπτιστου (Δ) / γυναικων προφητης Ιωαννου του βαπτιστου (A D Θ �¹³ Byzantine). ³² εθρηνησαμεν (א B D L W Θ �¹³) / εθρηνησαμεν υμιν (A Δ Ψ �¹ Byzantine). ³⁵ παντων των τεκνων αυτης (B W �¹³) / των τεκνων αυτης (D L Θ Ψ �¹) / παντων των εργων αυτης (א*) / των εργων αυτης (א^corrected) / των τεκνων αυτης παντων (A Δ Byzantine).
Eusebius 101-107. Word count: 286. Previous: Matthew 10.40-42. Next: Matthew 11.20-24.	Eusebius 69-73. Word count: 305. Previous: Luke 7.11-17. Next: Luke 7.36-50.

Matthew 11.1-19; {21.31b-32}.†	Luke 7.18-35; {16.16}.†
¹ And it happened that when Jesus finished ordering his twelve disciples he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities. ² But John, having heard in the prison of the works of Christ, sent* through his disciples, ³ and said to him: Are you the coming one or shall we expect another? ⁴ And Jesus answered and said to them: Journey and announce to John the things that you hear and see; ⁵ blind men see again and lame men walk around, lepers are cleansed and deaf men hear, and dead men are raised, and the poor are evangelized. ⁶ And blessed is he who is not scandalized by me. ⁷ And as they were journeying Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John: What did you go into the desert to watch? A reed shaken by the wind? ⁸ But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft things? Behold, those who wear soft things are in the houses of the kings. ⁹ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one surpassing a prophet. ¹⁰ This is the one concerning whom it is written: Behold, I myself send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your road before you. ¹¹ Amen, I say to you, there has not arisen among those born of women any greater than John the baptist; but the least in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he. ¹² And from the days of John the baptist until now the kingdom of the heavens is forced into, and forceful men are seizing it. ¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴ And, if you wish to receive it, he himself is Elijah who is to come. ¹⁵ Let him who has ears hear. {^21.31b Jesus says to them: Amen, I say to you that the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are preceding you into the kingdom of God.* ³² For John came toward you in the way of justice,* and you did not believe in him. But the tax-collectors and the prostitutes believed in him; and you yourselves saw this and did not even feel concerned so as to believe in him afterward.} ¹⁶ But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces who crying out to the others ¹⁷ say: We fluted for you and you did not dance; we dirged and you did not mourn. ¹⁸ For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say: He has a demon. ¹⁹ The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold, a gluttonous man and a winedrinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her works.	¹⁸ And his disciples announced all these things to John. And he called toward him a certain two of his disciples ¹⁹ and sent* them toward the Lord, saying: Are you the coming one or shall we expect a different one? ²⁰ And when the men arrived toward him they said: John the baptist sent us toward you, saying: Are you the coming one or shall we expect a different one? ²¹ At that hour he healed many from diseases and afflictions and evil spirits, and he granted that many blind men might see. ²² And he answered and said to them: Journey and announce to John the things that you viewed and heard; blind men see again, lame men walk around, lepers are cleansed and deaf men hear, dead men are raised, the poor are evangelized. ²³ And blessed is he who is not scandalized by me. ²⁴ And as the messengers of John were going away he began to say toward the crowds concerning John: What did you go into the desert to watch? A reed shaken by the wind? ²⁵ But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Behold, those in glorious clothing and possessing luxury are in the kingly courts. ²⁶ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one surpassing a prophet. ²⁷ This is the one concerning whom it is written: Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your road before you. ²⁸ I say to you, no one among those born of women is greater than John; but the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. {^16.16b From then the kingdom of God is evangelized, and everyone forces his way into it.} {^16.16a The law and the prophets were up till John.} ²⁹ And all the people heard, and the tax-collectors justified* God, having been baptized in the baptism of John. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and lawyers set aside the will of God* for themselves, not having been baptized by him. ³¹ To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? ³² They are like children sitting in a marketplace and crying out to different ones, and who say: We fluted for you and you did not dance; we dirged and you did not weep. ³³ For John the baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say: He has a demon. ³⁴ The son of man has come eating and drinking, and you say: Behold, a gluttonous man and a winedrinker, a friend of tax-collectors and sinners. ³⁵ And wisdom is justified by all her children.

{Mark 1.2.} †
{² Ἰδοὺ, ἀποστέλλω τὸν ἄγγελόν μου πρὸ προσώπου σου, ὃς κατασκευάσει τὴν ὁδόν σου.}
{² Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your road.}

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