Luke 7:24-30 And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, he began to speake vnto the people concernyng Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see? a reede shaken with the wynde

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ And when the messengers of Iohn were departed, he began to speake vnto the people concernyng Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse for to see? a reede shaken with the wynde ²⁵ But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they which are gorgeously appareled, & lyue delicately, are in kynges courtes ²⁶ But what went ye foorth to see? A prophete? Yea, I say to you, and more then a prophete ²⁷ This is he, of whom it is written: Beholde, I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee ²⁸ For I say vnto you, among womens chyldren, is there not a greater prophete then Iohn Baptist. Neuerthesse, he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God, is greater then he ²⁹ And all the people, and the publicanes that hearde hym, iustified God, and were baptized with the baptisme of Iohn ³⁰ But the pharisees and lawyers despised the councel of God, agaynst them selues, and were not baptized of hym