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ማቴዎስ 11:1-11 (አማ 54)

ኢየሱስም አሥራ ሁለቱን ደቀ መዛሙርቱን ማዘዝ በፈጸመ ጊዜ በከተሞቻቸው ሊያስተምርና ሊሰብክ ከዚያ አለፈ። ዮሐንስም በወህኒ ሳለ የክርስቶስን ሥራ ሰምቶ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ሁለት ላከና፦ የሚመጣው አንተ ነህን? ወይስ ሌላ እንጠብቅ? አለው። ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አላቸው፦ ሄዳችሁ ያያችሁትን የሰማችሁትንም ለዮሐንስ አውሩለት፤ ዕውሮች ያያሉ አንካሶችም ይሄዳሉ፥ ለምጻሞችም ይነጻሉ ደንቆሮችም ይሰማሉ፥ ሙታንም ይነሣሉ ለድሆችም ወንጌል ይሰበካል፤ በእኔም የማይሰናከለው ሁሉ ብፁዕ ነው። እነዚያም ሲሄዱ ኢየሱስ ለሕዝቡ ስለ ዮሐንስ ሊናገር ጀመረ እንዲህም አለ፦ ምን ልታዩ ወደ ምድረ በዳ ወጣችሁ? ነፋስ የሚወዘውዘውን ሸምበቆን? ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሰ ሰውን? እነሆ፥ ቀጭን ልብስ የለበሱ በነገሥታት ቤት አሉ። ወይስ ምን ልታዩ ወጣችሁ? ነቢይን? አዎን እላችኋለሁ፥ ከነቢይም የሚበልጠውን። እነሆ፥ መንገድህን በፊትህ የሚጠርግ መልክተኛዬን በፊትህ እልካለሁ ተብሎ የተጻፈለት ይህ ነውና። እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ከሴቶች ከተወለዱት መካከል ከመጥምቁ ዮሐንስ የሚበልጥ አልተነሣም፤ በመንግሥተ ሰማያት ግን ከሁሉ የሚያንሰው ይበልጠዋል።

Matthew 11:1-11 (ESV)

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities. Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepersare cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.” As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?  What then did you go out to see? A man  dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ houses.  What then did you go out to see? A prophet?  Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is he of whom it is written, “‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’ Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.