Luke 7:24
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
When John’s messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- What
- Matthew 11:7, 8
- wilderness
- Luke 1:80; Luke 3:2; Matthew 3:1–5; Mark 1:4, 5; John 1:23
- A reed
- Genesis 49:4; 2 Corinthians 1:17–20; Ephesians 4:14; James 1:6–8; 2 Peter 2:17; 2 Peter 3:17