Luke 7:24-30
When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to talk to the people about John. ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A
When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to talk to the people about John. ‘What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A
John, summoning two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or must we wait
And he retorted, ‘Nor will I tell you my authority for acting like this.’
John in his prison had heard what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him, ‘Are you the one who is to
I baptise you in water for repentance, but the one who follows me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing-fan is in his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into the barn; but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.’
Then he touched their eyes saying, ‘Your faith deserves it, so let this be done for you.’ And their sight returned.
‘So stay awake, because you do not know the day when your master is coming
And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.’
He said, “To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
