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¹ AND it was that when Jeshu had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he removed from thence to teach and preach in their cities.² But Juchanon, when he heard in the house of the bound the works of the Meshicha, sent by his disciples,³ and said to him, Art thou He that cometh, or another are we to expect?⁴ Jeshu answered and said to them, Go, recount to Juchanon these things which you hear and see;⁵ (that) the blind see, the lame are walking, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead arise, and the poor are evangelized;⁶ and blessed is he who shall not be offended with me.

⁷ But when they were gone, Jeshu began to speak to the assembly concerning Juchanon: What went you forth into the waste to see ? a reed that by the wind was shaken ?⁸ And if not, what went you forth to see ? a man clothed in soft vestments ? Behold, they who are softly clothed are in the house of kings.⁹ And if not, what went you forth to see ? a prophet ? I tell you, Yes; and more than a prophet.¹⁰ For this is he concerning whom it is written, Behold, I send my angel before thy face, to prepare the way before thee.¹¹ Amen I say to you, there hath not arisen among them born of women [fn] who [fn] greater than Juchanon the Baptizer: yet, the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹² But from the days of Juchanon the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of the heavens by violence is taken, and the violent ones seize it.¹³ For all the prophets and the law prophesie [fn] until Juchanon; ¹⁴ and if you are willing, receive, that he is Elia who was to come.¹⁵ Whoever hath ears to hear, he shall hear.

¹⁶ BUT to what shall I compare this generation ? It is like children who sit in the public place, and cry to their companions,¹⁷ and say, We have sung to you, and you have not danced; we have wailed unto you, and you have not mourned.¹⁸ For Juchanon came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.¹⁹ The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, See a man a devourer, a wine-drinker, a friend of tribute-takers and of sinners. But justified is wisdom by her servants.²⁰ Then began Jeshu to reproach those cities in which were done many of his miracles, and which did not repent,²¹ saying, Woe to thee, Korazin ! woe to thee, Bethtsaida! for if in Tsur and in Tsaidon those miracles had been done which have been performed in you, they would a while ago in sackcloth and ashes have repented.²² But I say to you, that for Tsur and Tsaidon it shall be more tolerabl [fn] in the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And thou, Kaphernachum, who unto heaven art exalted, unto Shiul shalt be brought down; for if in Sadum had been done those miracles which have been done in thee, it would have stood until this day.²⁴ But I tell you that for the land of Sadum it shall be more tolerable in the day of judgment than for thee.

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