Matthew 11:2-18 When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ² When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him ³ Art thou he that shoulde come? or do we loke for another ⁴ Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them: Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene ⁵ The blinde receaue their sight, the halt do walke, the lepers are cleansed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receaue the Gospell ⁶ And happy is he that is not offended in me ⁷ And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde ⁸ Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft [clothyng] are in kinges houses ⁹ But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete ¹⁰ For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee ¹¹ Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he ¹² From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it [vnto them. ¹³ For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn ¹⁴ And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come ¹⁵ He that hath eares to heare, let him heare ¹⁶ But whervnto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children, which sit in the markettes, and call vnto their felowes ¹⁷ And say: We haue pyped vnto you, and ye haue not daunsed: we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not sorowed ¹⁸ For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking, and they say, he hath the deuil